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El-P & Killer Mike speak out after NY Post called out "anti-cop rapper" Ka

Brooklyn rapper Ka released his new album Honor Killed the Samurai earlier this month, and now he’s in the news for something much less positive. The New York Post just put out a cover story on the rapper, who’s real name is Kaseem Ryan and who is also a FDNY captain, which says he “leads a double life as a hip-hop artist whose songs are peppered with the N-word, drugs, violence and anti-cop lyrics.” The front page called him an “FDNY captain moonlights as anti-cop rapper.”

The article insists Ka “tried to hide [his rap] career for years,” though he has in fact discussed it an interview. They also reached out to other firefighters and NYPD members (who were “disgusted”) to comment on Ka’s rap career. “As a New York City firefighter, he should be trying to bring people together rather than fracture relationships, especially in communities of color,” one said. The Post reached out to Ka, but he reportedly hung up on them.

Ka didn’t address it directly, but this tweet appears to:

El-P and Killer Mike also weighed in:

https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/767695049874288640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BJa0bPWhYFr/

Listen to Honor Killed the Samurai: