Killer Mike revealed Jay-Z wanted to share the limelight on Grammys night until an unfortunate incident with an “overzealous” security guard messed up his plans.
On Wednesday (February 14), during an interview with The Breakfast Club Mike opened up about his nightmare arrest after sweeping the Grammys.
While much has been said on the topic, Killer Mike shared a little-known tidbit about Jay-Z, who planned to honor him before cops hauled him off to jail. Hov had reached out to Mike to share the stage with him while he accepted the Dr. Dre Impact Award.
“What’s crazy is Jay was hitting me,” Killer Mike recalled. “I didn’t realize as I was going through my thing Jay was hitting me like ‘Hold on stick around I want to toast you.’ And then he hit me later and was like ‘I was going to concede my time to you for the speech.’ So shout out to Hov!”
Jay-Z wanted to celebrate Killer Mike, who had just won Grammys for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance. Although he only found out about the plan once it was too late, Mike and Hov saw the funny side of it.
“It’s love though,” Mike shared. “Me and him laughed. He said ‘You wanted to go and get locked up during the biggest moment. I was laughing. It was hilarious.”
Killer Mike On The Grammys Arrest Conspiracies
He also addressed the conspiracy theories surrounding his arrest, refusing to dismiss them but insisting any attempt to take him down is futile.
“It could be,” he replied when Charlamagne asked if he believed the conspiracies. But look. It didn’t work against Martin [Luther King Jr.], it didn’t work against Malcolm [X], didn’t work against Mandela. didn’t work against Method. Whatever the devil give you … God, if you stay in tune, man. He’ll multiply the good over the bad.”
Ultimately, Killer Mike said he’s grateful for the experience.
“I’m thankful for the Grammys, I’m thankful for the b#######. B####### is the best fertilizer on the farm. I got a chance to sit by myself for three hours and thank God and invoke praise and be grateful for the things that I received.”
Thankfully, good news awaited Mike the following day. “I woke up the next morning to one of the best phone calls I got in my life,” he said. Mike had received word of a kidney donor for his youngest son.