Killer Mike gained three awards on the 2024 Grammys, however his household bought one thing far more necessary on Monday (February 5). The Run the Jewels member discovered his 21-year-old son was lastly getting a kidney transplant after being on the waitlist for greater than two years.
“What stands out to me probably the most has nothing to do with final evening,” Killer Mike instructed the Atlanta Journal-Structure. “I woke as much as a cellphone name that my son who’s been ready on the kidney for the final two and a half years is on option to his hospital proper now to get surgical procedure, to get the kidney.”
Killer Mike was nonetheless in California when he obtained the thrilling replace about his son. He flew again to Georgia to be along with his household for the surgical procedure.
The 2024 Grammys turned out to be a chaotic occasion for Killer Mike, who went from profitable awards to getting escorted out of the constructing in handcuffs. He was detained over an alleged bodily altercation, in line with the Los Angeles Police Division.
Killer Mike was booked for misdemeanor battery. He was launched on zero bail. The 48-year-old rapper didn’t need to focus on his run-in with the legislation, as an alternative specializing in the positives concerning his son and the Grammys.
“Man, ain’t no one speaking about all that mess,” he instructed the AJC. “I walked out with three Grammys. I took stunning photos, man. I bought the job completed and it was a phenomenal time. I swept a whole class yesterday. That’s what I bought to say about it.”
Killer Mike gained the Grammy for Greatest Rap Album for his acclaimed undertaking Michael. He secured the awards for Greatest Rap Tune and Greatest Rap Efficiency for his observe “Scientists & Engineers,” which featured André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane.