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 breakdown of how the money was spent.) 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.

They added that any future profits will also go to charity:

“BUT JAIME AND MIKE… WHICH CHARITY????” - good fucking question. We are trying to determine where the rest of the profit will go once it rolls in, but our idea is to try and set up some sort of scholarship fund for the children of victims of police brutality. If that doesn’t prove possible, we will pick from one of the many great and established charities out there to give the dough to. Once we figure it out we will let everyone know.

Read our Run the Jewels feature, "Last Rappers Standing".

Watch El-P and Killer Mike on Pitchfork.tv's "Over/Under":

via Jeremy Gordon