Run the Jewels Document the Meow the Jewels Story in "Paw-cumentary"

Run the Jewels have shared Meow The Jewels: A Short Paw-cumentary, a short video that recaps the entire Meow the Jewels experience from start to finish. In the video, El-P and Killer Mike offer commentary on the album that started with a joke preorder listing, became a Kickstarter, and eventually enabled them to donate a lot of money to charity. (At the end, there’s a visual breakdown of how the money was spent—information that was revealed last week, with news that all unused and future profits will be donated to the National Lawyer Guild’s Mass Defense Committee.) Watch it below.

They’ve also launched a new line of Meow the Jewels merchandise that includes mousepads, t-shirts (there’s one pictured above), cat food bowls, and more. Check that out here.

On the Meow the Jewels Kickstarter, El-P and Killer Mike also said they were able to donate a lot of the charity money directly to Eric Garner and Michael Brown’s families. They wrote:

We are thrilled to announce that our donation to the families of Michael Brown, Jr and Eric Garner is now official. This took a bit of time but we were ultimately able to speak directly with both families so that we could ensure the money went exactly where they wanted it to. Thank you to the people at GOOD Magazine, Black Lives Matter, Erica Garner, Damon Turner and Benjamin Crump for helping us through the process. Both families are extremely thankful for your contributions. For us, this is the essential function of MTJ. Together we have pooled our resources and did something kind for people in need. We can’t thank all the donors/Kickstarter funders enough for making that happen.

Read our Run the Jewels feature, “Last Rappers Standing”.

Watch El-P and Killer Mike on Pitchfork.tv’s “Over/Under”:

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