“If my name had not been “Killer Mike” my career would be a lot further now. I was told by people who wouldn’t give me endorsements “We don’t like your name”, but these same people gave endorsements to bands like “The Killers”. I don’t know what separates one black man from being Killer Mike and five white men from being The Killers, but I wo uld be more afraid of five killers than one.”
“But as a man, once I’ve made a decision if I believe that decision is right and noble then I have to stand by that decision or I risk being not credible in front of people….and I can’t do that. So even though some days it hurts me that I can’t be Killer Mike and The Killers can be the Killers, or that people don’t wish me to be Killer Mike, even though that hurts, I made my decision and I must stand by it”
— MrFrost - Audio: Killer Mike Still Strongly Disagrees w/ Nas Changing His Album Title