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Killer Mike deflects unruly fan at Run the Jewels' SXSW set

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: El-P (L) and Killer Mike of Run The Jewels attend the NME Awards at Brixton Academy on February 18, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images) Run the Jewels last month in England.

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: El-P (L) and Killer Mike of Run The Jewels attend the NME Awards at Brixton Academy on February 18, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images) Run the Jewels last month in England.
By Melissa Ruggieri
March 16, 2015

So the moral is: Don't mess with Killer Mike.

The big man handily dispatched an unruly fan who barged onstage during Run the Jewels' set at SXSW on Monday.

The rap duo of Atlanta's Killer Mike and El-P was performing in Austin at a Spotify house event when the incident - filmed by a fan - occurred.

Although Killer Mike ably kept the interloper away from his partner, Run the Jewels' crew quickly stormed the stage to assure the guy was removed.

Check it out (and warning - language in the Instagram post).

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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