Killer Mike earns Album of the Year honour for “Michael.”
Killer Mike continues earning honours for his album “Michael”, as he now receives Album of the Year at BET Awards 2024. Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino presented the award to Mike at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
“Technically, I was not supposed to be here,” he said. “I was put in handcuffs, and I was marched out of this building. But I wanna tell you, look at God because I’m back, baby, I’m back. I wanna tell Black people that it’s because of BET I’m back, not ’cause of no white person. A Black man runs this business, a Black company puts this show on, and they got my Black ass back in here. Thank you.”
He then proceeds to comment on the upcoming US presidential election. “They’re gonna tell you who we vote for is important and it is,” he said. “Who we vote for on the big stage is important, but it’s more important that you know who your city council person is, who your prosecutor is, and if you don’t like the people who are running, run your Black ass to the polls and run yourself.”
For the Album of the Year award, he beat the likes of Drake, Nicki Minaj, Usher, 21 Savage and more in the category. Earlier this year, he also received Best Rap Album for the project at the 2024 Grammys, along with Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.
thank you @BET it’s an honor to receive this award from our people..the story of MICHAEL continues tonight at midnight ATL time 🛐 #HUMBLEME pic.twitter.com/yW8PnwCqtI
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) July 1, 2024
“I want ‘Run The Jewels 5’ as bad as all of us do. I’m just waiting on my man to hit me and say ‘Hey man, I’m sending some beats.'” –@KillerMike on the potential of continuing the series.
He discusses winning Grammys & more with Billboard at the #BETAwards. pic.twitter.com/bX1PfMqqlh
— billboard (@billboard) July 1, 2024
