Machine Gun Kelly: Killing in the Name

"Killing in the Name" is a classic protest song by Rage Against the Machine, here covered with style and grace by Machine Gun Kelly who made an incredibly relevant clip for our times with the main background being the protests on the wake of the death of George Floyd and the rise of Black Lives Matter. Images from him, Yungblood and Travis Barker making their rendition of the song are intertwined with the massive protests, of which they are part of as well.

As for the song, the music doesn't owe anything to the original, it's sound is so similar to the one by RATM that its major difference is only MGK's voice. Therefore, I liked it just as much. It's a really powerful song, a shock to the system and a real moment of rebellion and *beep* the system, pretty much what those protests meant to be. With such context in mind, the music makes a great union with the powerful black-and-white images with the people and their signs for BLM or Defund the Police and stuff. I was hooked through the whole time. Kelly made a positive effort with this cover. 9/10.