Watch Run the Jewels and Zack de la Rocha join forces at Washington DC show

Politically-charged show took place on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration

Run the Jewels were joined by go-to collaborator Zack de la Rocha last night (January 19), during a politicised show at the Echostage in Washington DC.

Both acts joined forces for performances of ‘Kill Your Masters’ and ‘Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)’. Watch footage below.

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Read more: Run the Jewels – The heroes we need in Trump’s America.

In timely fashion, the show took place a day before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. It was initially set to happen on January 12, but a water mains break forced it to be rescheduled.

As Pitchfork reports, Killer Mike also played the group’s ‘Reagan’ track by starting a chant of: “Fuck Ronald Reagan/Donald Trump.” Midway through songs, he told the audience: “No matter who won, the day after tomorrow, this is our mother-fucking country. I don’t give a fuck who is president. This is our country. And what we will keep this republic going on is truth, honesty, integrity, love, and democracy.” 

The hip-hop duo recently released their brilliant new album ‘RTJ3’ three weeks early on Christmas Day. In our 5/5 review of the record, we wrote: “Amidst all the braggadocio and rapper-wounding one-liners, ‘RTJ1’ and ‘RTJ2’ always maintained a rage against machine, but the slow-motion horror-show of the last 12 months has focused Mike and El-P’s political ire like never before. Trump, police brutality, viral poverty and America’s accelerating descent into darkness are all grist for the mill – hip-hop has seldom sounded this righteous since Public Enemy.

The band will be hitting Europe for a tour in March – calling at Belfast, Dublin, Manchester and London. Full dates are below. Tickets are on sale now.

Wed March 29 2017 – BELFAST Limelight
Thu March 30 2017 – DUBLIN Olympia Theatre
Fri March 31 2017 – MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Sat April 01 2017 – LONDON Roundhouse

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