The cars of hip-hop legend Killer Mike.
Killer Mike is headed down many paths, uncertain where any of them will lead. The rapper, actor, entrepreneur, and activist—best known as one-half of the legendary rap duo Run the Jewels—should live a frantic life. Instead, he’s calm and organized, a careful thinker and thoughtful speaker. Fresh off a tour with Rage Against the Machine, Mike invitesto his new garage in South Atlanta for a Corona and a chat.
Killer Mike in his South Atlanta garage with some of his machinery. Foreground: A Hellcat featured in his Netflix documentary series,A former mechanic shop, this eight-bay cinder-block structure is mid-renovation. The freshly poured parking lot sets the property apart from its crumbling neighbors, though the shop’s interior still smells like a whiff of gasoline evaporating through a carburetor.
The photo session ends. The chains and jewels get stuffed back into the bag. Mike talks about using his money from music to buy up nearby real estate and open local businesses in his neighborhood, providing jobs in the process. “I love Cars & Coffee events, but they didn’t have that stuff when I was growing up, and even now they don’t have Cars & Coffee in my neighborhood. With these buildings and parking lots, we can have regular events to get people from the neighborhood involved in cars early, so they can be inspired by them the way I was. Once we renovate this space, we can rent the space out for events.
“That one is the late-night ride,” he says, pointing to a blacked-out Hellcat on nice wheels with aftermarket Brembos, made famous by his TV show. “There’s nothing better than going out at 1 a.m. when the roads are empty and just tearing it up for a bit in that. The Benz is technically [his wife] Shay’s, but I take it most of the time because she likes her Range Rover.” Nodding at a drop-top donk, he says, “That thing I got off a friend of mine, a rapper I really respect. He sold it to me.
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