†WAKE UP SHEEPLE† †GOVERNMENT APPROVED† †IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW W/ MYKE MUDER† †@MURDERCORP† †#PROPAGANDA†

In September 2012,
Detroit-based dynamo MYKE MURDER dropped #SHEEPLE.
#SHEEPLE has been criminally slept on thus far,
perhaps people don't like the Truth.

Acknowledge the depth of
 MURDERCORP's video
for #PROPAGANDA.

Upon first hearing #SHEEPLE,
I knew I wanted to interview the
intelligent force behind this great album.
As one would imagine,
MYKE MURDER is an incredibly busy individual.
World Domination is an all-consuming task
 that takes 25 hours a day.
Luckily, the iLLuminati gave us both
a day off so we could conduct this interview.

What is your first Sonic memory?

Man, I don’t even think I can accurately pinpoint when it was that I had my first connection with music.  It’s like it’s always been a natural thing to pursue for me, I was just drawn to musical performance.  

I grew up on pretty much on mainstream pop.  It was what all the other kids in elementary school were listening to, and at the time, of course your just follow what’s “in”.  

Then in 4^th grade it all changed for me.  I was introduced to bands like Insane Clown Posse and Slipknot and they really fucked my head musically, because I had only been accustomed to all this bubblegum shit.   

So to hear songs like “Bugz On My Nutz” or “People=Shit”…it was like my dose of raw reality.  And from there I was fucking hooked.

How has living in/around Detroit shaped your psyche and affected your Music?

Coming out of High school, I would say my mind was very narrow.  I didn't go out to the city much; most of the things I experienced were vicariously through TV (before I stopped watching) or the internet.  Then I started schooling in Detroit, and was spending 4-5 days a week in the city.  Not always just at school, but hanging out around Downtown after, or Bobs Classic Kicks for local Hip Hop shows.  

just meeting new people from pretty much every culture was experience I'd say it expanded my horizons a lot.  I really love Detroit, and it's a fucking shame when people talk all this shit about the city, because where people see decrepit buildings and foreclosed structures, I see potentials for art and growth.  

You can hear the cities influence specifically on tracks like “$laves” which hold a heavy industrialized sound.   I think we’ve all at one time or another felt like slaves to the dollar, so being in the city helped me put it all together musically and lyrically focus on what I was trying to say.

How do you feel about MTV and BET?

I think both MTV and BET, or really any main station on the TV has the capacity to be a great thing. The thing is, the industry doesn't use what they have at their disposal properly.   

The problem starts when it starts becoming less about ideas, and more about dollars, all kinds of advertising, all kinds of junk.  And that’s where it comes back full circle to “$laves”.  

It’s almost like we can’t make a decision about anything in life unless we attach the dollar amount to it, and that really sucks the soul out of the process of creation.  It becomes all about the finance instead of the idea, and that’s why I feel shit is whack as fuck right now. 

So when I see channels like MTV/BET supporting artists like myself, Dee-1, Prience Ea, and a couple of these other cats out here spitting the real knowledge, that’s when I’ll give them the green light my opinion.  Till then it’s just blunts and hoes.

What is the last interesting book that you've read?

The main one I’m into right now is called Propaganda by Edward Bernays.  It’s about how the invisible government via the mass media manipulates and shapes the way society runs.  Understanding the psychology of why people do the things they do is a must for me, especially trying to educate with my music as much as entertain. 

What are your future plans?

I’m excited because right now there’s a lot in the works.  Even though I just dropped Sheeple I have a new full length in production titled “Welcome to MURDERCORP.©” which is currently scheduled to drop December 21^st 2012 (the day the world ends).  And that I feel it’s basically the exposing of MURDEROCORP.© to the world.  

Also I am one half of an electronic/dubstep duo known as brainWAV, we’re releasing a full length titled “White Noise” soon.  Other than that, more videos! 

A lot more videos! But not just music videos,  my second passion is directing so I’m gonna be working on a lot of visuals in the end of 2012/13.  And finally as wonky as it might sound at the moment, there is plans for the release and showing of a live on stage MURDERCORP.© musical.  So it’s safe to say I’m goin to be busy the next few months…

Can you tell me some specifics about what “MURDERCORP. ©” actually is?  How would you explain it to someone who’s never heard of you? 

MURDERCORP. © is the epitome of the mindless corruption in America.  I have to make it clear to draw the line between Myke Murder and MURDERCORP.© .   Myke Murder is a hip-hop hero, who strives to undo everything MURDERCORP.© has done to society, which essentially is a mental dumbing down of the people.  It’s seeing what’s happening from both sides, and exposing it for what it is, a fucking scam.  

Who would you like to collaborate with in the Future?

I just finished a remix of a track with an artist named Dee-1.  He’s a real smart cat from Louisiana spreading that positivity and intellect, so make sure you watch out for him.  But future to come, I’d love to do a track with Immortal Technique, Prince Ea, and also Hopsin.  All those dudes are at a level with it that is past rhyming, and I feel like we would have some good chemistry and a greater message going in.

How do you feel about cough medicine?

Haha, we all have our things.  Personally I’m more of a stimulant guy if we’re talking drugs.  When I start slowing my mind down I get in a super unproductive state which ultimately brings me to an unhappy state, I like to stay busy.  I could go into a whole thing about how prescription drugs are in part a plot to keep citizens oppressed mentally, but for now let’s just say that drugs aren’t good or bad, but the choices you make when using drugs can be either.

What does the future look like?

It really depends where we take it.  Right now, it’s looking a lot like that one movie Idiocracy.  But I think with the whole “2012 December” thing nearing, people are going to be starting to think more about the other side of life, which is death.  

And when you start thinking about death, you start to react to life differently, because you realize how fragile and important this experience right now is.  So I’m hoping with a conscious shift we will be headed to a more integrated, meaningful existence with each other as humans, not blacks, whites, haves and have not’s.  

Any  film or directing aspirations?

Man, I’ve been a super hero fan my entire life.  It is the thing that matches music most as a passion of mine.  So I see all these super hero movies coming out, and I’m always thinking “man I could have done this or that.”  Or “this part should have been like this or focused on this”.  

So although it might be a far off thing, I would really like to get my hands into directing full lengths one day, preferably a super hero flick.  Doesn’t matter the character, I can make anything work.  It wouldn’t be work, it’d be love.  And I think that’s what a lot of these directors are missing.  They have the framework, and they’ve done the studying…but there’s no love.

Who would you like to tour with?

I’d really just like to tour with my friends, haha.  Sky (SKYWLKR) has been out with Danny (Brown) for the past couple months with Childish Gambino, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q, just doing all kinds of shit.  And I’ve been holding it down at home because I’ve had to be here, finishing my album and organizing my brand.  

Even though I don’t really think I fit into that “hip shock value” scene, I would like to be out kicking it with my dudes.  On a more futuristic note I’d like to get in with someone like Tech N9ne or Mac Lethal.  Tech was the kind of dude lyrically showing me growing up like “Fuck someone if they say you can’t do it”, “Fuck a label if they won’t support you”.  

And if we want to talk about real super fantasy shit, I’d give a testicle to tour with Death Grips or Die Antwoord.  Both those groups have been pushing music to a different level, and I’m all about that.

What should we be looking for on the horizon from Murder Myke?
Fuck Myke Murder….One word:  MURDERCORP.© 

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