Some Idiot Took A Run At El-P At SXSW, FFS

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March 17, 2015

Hot tip: If for whatever reason you’ve got a bone to pick with someone who’s in a band, do not try and get your pound of flesh whilst they’re playing in front of a crowd of hundreds of people. Your side isn’t going to be the popular one.

Run the Jewels set at the Spotify House event at SXSW was briefly interrupted by some absolute twit, who casually sauntered on stage mid-set and decided that that moment was the absolute opportune time to take a run at El-P – casually forgetting that a) El-P is not a small human, b) Killer Mike is even less so, and c) There’s literally an entire crew of large bodied humans whose specific job it is to stop things like this from happening present.

I mean, sure. On the one hand you kind of have to admire the sheer audaciousness of doing something like that; calmly sauntering onto stage to have a crack at one of the dudes talking into a mic. That takes some serious moxie.

But on the other hand, HOLY HELL what a giant spud. El-P and Killer Mike’s people were swiftly on it, and old mate who’d interrupted things at South By Southwest summarily copped it South By Southbest.

Don’t fuck with @RUNTHEJEWELS #ForRealTho #TheSpotifyHouse #SXSW #WeLive #SpotifyHouse

A video posted by djfreeverse (@djfreeverse) on Mar 16, 2015 at 3:24pm PDT

Go to sleep trying to Run Them Jewels! #SXSW #RunTheJewels #CashThat #SpotifyHouse

A video posted by djfreeverse (@djfreeverse) on Mar 16, 2015 at 3:45pm PDT

Total sausage-fest. #WORLDSTAR #SXSW #RTJ

A video posted by @filipinofist on Mar 16, 2015 at 3:23pm PDT

Run The Jewels proved no one can fuck with them! Literally! Some dickhead took a shot at @killermikegto and he just brushed it off and killed it! #sxsw #sxsw2015 #rtj #runthejewels #killermike #elp #hiphop #rap #spotify #spotifyhouse

A photo posted by daverowell (@daverowell) on Mar 16, 2015 at 5:56pm PDT

Fortunately the pair brushed the incident off with some (if not mildly annoyed) good humour. With El-P apparently stating on stage “We have no idea what that was,” to which Mike quickly retorted “That was a FUCKBOY!“

thanks to everyone who watched us rock the @Spotify house! sorry for the brief interruption.

— el-p (@therealelp) March 16, 2015

shout out our dudes stretch, @joe baker and @halfricanchief for holding us the fuck down.

— el-p (@therealelp) March 17, 2015

those weren’t audience members fucking dude up that was our people. we are about peace but don’t make the mistake of thinking we are alone.

— el-p (@therealelp) March 17, 2015

As for that silly person’s fate, it remains at this stage unknown. Suffice to say he is now acutely aware that Run the Jewels are not to be fucked with.

Photo: Lorne Thomson via Getty Images.

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