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Watch Run The Jewels Discuss Their Music Jan. 16 at the MCA

By David Matthews | November 3, 2015 12:00pm
 Run The Jewels, a collaborative group between producer El-P, left, and rapper Killer Mike.
Run The Jewels, a collaborative group between producer El-P, left, and rapper Killer Mike.
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Tim Saccenti

STREETERVILLE — Fans of critically-acclaimed rap group Run The Jewels can see the duo in-person Jan. 16 at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Run The Jewels, a collaboration between New York producer El-P and Atlanta emcee Killer Mike, will be interviewed by Pitchfork editor Jessica Hopper as part of the Streeterville museum's "Pitchfork Conversation Series." 

Tickets will go on sale at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 17, and can be purchased online or by calling the museum's box office at 312-397-4010. The museum is located at 220 E. Chicago Ave., and tickets will be $10 each.

Formed in 2012, Run The Jewels' second record was named the best album of 2014 by Pitchforkand the group is now working on a follow-up. Hopper is senior editor of the Chicago-based music website, and author of The Girls Guide to Rocking and The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic.

Neko Case will also be interviewed by Hopper as part of the series on December 9. 

Previous artists included in the MCA series include Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney. 

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