Killer Mike Talks Breaking Ground On Westside’s Bankhead Seafood, 2020 Elections, Gentrification

“Morning Edition” host Lisa Rayam talks to Atlanta rapper and activist Killer Mike outside his old high school, Frederick Douglass, on Thursday.

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Last updated March 2, 2020 at 1:41 p.m.

Raised on Atlanta’s Westside, rapper and activist Killer Mike has watched big businesses move in and attempt to put a different face on the community.

“It’s a bad thing for those who are in the community as a legacy resident to lose control. It’s bad for corporations to come unasked and simply enforce their rule. But nothing is wrong with ‘re-entrifying’ your community,” Killer Mike said, also known as Michael Render.