The Carcosa Interview: Open Mike Eagle

About two years ago I went to my first NYC concert which was a gathering of Emcees that were gathered together by Homeboy Sandman. It was like watching different members of the Avengers assemble and hit the stage. But then everything changed when the Open Mike Eagle attacked the mic. With verses loaded with pop culture references, social commentary, and limber lyrical finesse that had folks lined up at the merch table saying “Shut up and take my money”. Based in Cali by way of Chicago and has a multitude of songs and albums, the latest of which is named “Dark Comedy”, Open Mike Eagle is just as hilarious off stage as he is on social media as well as insightful on current events. With these numerous factors and accolades it was a given that we had to have this emcee on the site for a Carcosa Interview. Black Nerd Problems: Mike I wanna thank you for doing this interview. I knew you were down for the cause when I first heard you music then proceeded to raid iTunes for it (The non ski mask way). I’ma jump right into it and ask for the origin story. Did you consider yourself a nerd in your youth, if so at what point did you realize it? Open Mike Eagle: Yeah I had zero social skills and was very sheltered. I lived in a high rise building that was mostly full of old people so there weren’t a ton of kids to commune with. I spent a lot of time playing Nintendo and watching cable television shows for adults. also my grandmother that raised me worked at K-Mart so 100% of my clothes we…