El-P and Killer Mike of Run the Jewels perform live on stage during the All Points East Festival at Victoria Park on May 31, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)
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Killer Mike Confirms Upcoming 'RTJ5' Is In the Works

Killer Mike Confirms Upcoming 'RTJ5' Is In the Works

Published Fri, April 22, 2022 at 8:51 AM EDT

Run The Jewels just rocked the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival, and Killer Mike, one half of the critically-acclaimed duo), also celebrated his 47th birthday on the same day the group hit the stage, April 20. And the duo has a lot going on: their Public Service Announcement Tour, alongside Rage Against The Machine, kicks off on July 9. Along with festival season kicking off, fans are curious as to when the famed duo is going to get started on it's follow-up to 2020's home run, RTJ4.

“I say this with a smile and a wink — me and El-P were in the studio together," he said in an interview with Consequence Of Sound. "We may have messed around and started Run the Jewels 5. So we’ll see what happens.”

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As for now, Killer Mike is enjoying getting back on the road. Run The Jewels is one of the most popular Hip-Hop acts during festival season, and he's ready. Coachella was just the beginning.

“It was an epic return to the stage."

“It was an overwhelming amount of people," he told HipHopDX. "It was beautiful just to be back in front of our community and our crowd. And it really helped me to understand, ‘Man, I have an amazing job that comes out of imagination of a 9-year-old boy named Mike that said I wanted to be a rapper.’ And I will never take that job for granted. I look forward to us opening for Rage Against The Machine starting in July on through next April. That is the dream of a teenage Mike.”

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