Killer Mike on Best Rap Album Nomination: ‘I Wanna Bring Trophies to Atlanta’

Killer
Mike
has
been
nominated
for
multiple
Grammy
Awards,
but
the
big
one
is
Best
Rap
Album
for
his
critically
acclaimed
release,

Michael.
Speaking
with


AllHipHop,
Killer
Mike
is
grateful
but
is
now
looking
to
get
the
win.

“I
wanna
win
and
I
ain’t
gonna
lie
or
be
shy
about
it.
I
wanna
bring
trophies
home
for
Atlanta,
for
Hip-Hop,
for
my
Granny,
Miss
Bettie
and
her
daughter
and
my
beloved
and
beautiful
mother,
Denise,”
Killer
Mike
said.

In
September,
Killer
Mike
released
the
definitive
version
of
his
acclaimed
2023
album MICHAEL
DELUXE on 2xLP
vinyl, CD,
and digital.
The
album
–
now
expanded
to
17
tracks
on
the
physical
editions
and
18
tracks
digitally
–
arrives
alongside
a
video
for
the
new
song
“YES”.
The
album
details
were
announced
last
week
with
the
release
of
“Maynard
Vignette,”
a
huge
multi-generational
Atlanta
anthem
with
features
from T.I., JID,
and Jacquees,
with
Mike
explaining
that
“MICHAEL was
originally
longer
and
now
we’re
starting
to
release
the
rest
of
it.
These
songs
are
some
of
my
favorites
from
the
album
sessions,
but
we
needed
more
time
to
get
them
the
way
we
imagined
them.
We
finished
three
of
them
in
time
to
make
the
vinyl
and
one
more
for
the
digital.” 

Killer
Mike
hosted
a
global
album
celebration
party
for
his
fans
on
his
YouTube
channel
on
the
eve
of
the
album
last
night
where
he
premiered WHAT
MADE
MICHAEL
(A
Conversation
with
Elliott
Wilson),
a
mini-doc
where
he
breaks
down
his
album
and
gives
fans
a
guided
tour
of
his
upbringing
in
Atlanta,
followed
by
the
premiere
of
the
music
video
for
his
new
single
“YES.”
Mike
also
joined Anthony
Valadez and KCRW for
a
special
evening
at Apogee
Studio in
Los
Angeles
that
aired
as
a Morning
Becomes
Eclectic session
yesterday
to
celebrate
the
release
(watch
it
here). This
Sunday Mike
will
host
a Record
Store
Revival at Rough
Trade
NYC at
4pm, 
an
in-conversation
event
moderated
by Carrie
Colliton (Co-President
of Record
Store
Day)
followed
by
an
album
signing
event
for
fans
in
attendance.
The
conversation
from
the
event
will
also
livestream
via
his
and
Rough
Trade’s
YouTube
+
META
platforms,
so
that
his
fans
around
the
world
can
join
–
tune
in here.