Rapper Killer Mike issued an apology on Sunday for an interview he was featured in with NRATV and claimed it had been taken out of context to “disparage” the March For Our Lives that occurred over the weekend — a movement he says he does in fact support.
Mike faced scrutiny for comments he made in a video published over the weekend by NRATV, the video outlet of the National Rifle Association.
Mike apologized on Sunday in two videos on Twitter and said that the comments were not used correctly and he does support the March For Our Lives movement.
“I sat with people I might not always agree with. … I did an interview about black gun ownership in this era,” he said. “That interview was used a week later by NRATV to disparage a very noble campaign that I actually support. … I want to say first I’m sorry guys. I do support the March — and I support black people owning guns. It’s possible to do both.”
“First, I’m sorry guys, I’m sorry that an interview I did about a minority, black people in this country, and gun rights was used as a weapon against you guys,” he added. “That was unfair to you and it was wrong, and it disparaged some very noble work you’re doing.”
I hope this clears some stuff up. Love and Respect to all. Part 1 pic.twitter.com/pq977HEG7A
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) March 25, 2018
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) March 25, 2018
The NRATV interview aired on Friday, before the marches took place across the country.
“I told my kids on the school walkout, ‘I love you, [but] if you walk out that school, walk out my house,’” Mike said in the video.
“We are a gun-owning family, we are a family where my sister farms, we are a family where we’ll fish and hunt, but we are not a family that jumps on every single thing that an ally of ours does because some stuff we just don’t agree with,” he added.
Mike also said that after his daughter’s college had a shooting, he would like her to learn how to use a gun and have one of her own.
The opening of the video connected Mike’s comments to the March For Our Lives that occurred nationwide on Saturday and was designed to advocate for stricter gun laws.
“What are you really marching for?” host Colion Noir asks in the opening of the video. “Because from where I’m standing, it looks like a march to burn the Constitution and rewrite the parts you don’t like in crayon. No one can point this out better than Killer Mike.”
