Mike is an outspoken social activist focusing on subjects including social equality, police brutality, and systemic racism. His views are reflected in his music, as well as in interviews with the media. As a publicly viewed figure, Mike feels it is his responsibility to represent African-Americans: "I feel I have to be politically active and I have to be a credit to my race." He has been vocal on the subject of police misconduct, his father being a former police officer. His anti-brutality sentiment can be found on the song "Reagan" from his album R.A.P. Music, and the song "Early" on Run the Jewels 2.

In response to the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown controversy in Ferguson, Missouri, Mike said:

I'm appalled that regular Americans are apathetic. I'm appalled that people choose to use the word "thug" as a code word for "nigger". I'm appalled at everyday citizens... when will we, as an American constituency, tell our politicians enough's enough? Enough mayors supporting murderous police departments. Enough police chiefs having to give excuses for murderous police officers.

In an op-ed published in Billboard magazine, Killer Mike stated that "there is no reason that Mike Brown and also Eric Garner are dead today—except bad policing, excessive force, and the hunt-and-capture-prey mentality many thrill-seeking cops have adapted".

Mike and El-P performed at The Ready Room in St. Louis, Missouri on November 24, 2014, the same night that the Grand Jury verdict was announced stating that Darren Wilson would not be charged with a crime in the shooting of Michael Brown. Mike opened the set, which began about two hours after the announcement was made, with a heartfelt speech. Fan-shot footage of the speech later went viral.

Mike, in an op-ed, defended rap lyrics and says that they should be defended as freedom of speech.

Commenting on the 2015 Baltimore uprising related to the death of Freddie Gray, Killer Mike noted that he understood the frustrations leading to violent demonstrations, but encouraged protesters to use their energy to organize for lasting change. In a Billboard op-ed, Mike stated:

For the people of Baltimore—I don't criticize rioting because I understand it. But after the fires die down: organize, strategize, and mobilize. Like Ferguson, you have an opportunity to start anew. I don't have a solution because whoever's there will have to come up with it. But we need community relations: riots are the language of the unheard.

He made similar points in an interview with the Harvard Political Review: "Baltimore is an opportunity for us to do something different. As society, there's a real opportunity to organize there, and if we do not take full advantage of the opportunity to organize, then the riots truly meant nothing."

Mike has given lectures about race relations in the United States at several American universities, including Northwestern University, New York University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Alabama A&M University (Ala.), www.aamu.edu
• Alabama State University (Ala.), www.alasu.edu
• Albany State University (Ga.), www.asurams.edu
• Alcorn State University (Miss.), www.alcorn.edu
• Allen University (S.C.), www.allenuniversity.edu
• Arkansas Baptist Col. (Ark.), www.arkansasbaptist.edu
• Barber-Scotia College (N.C.), www.b-sc.edu/
• Benedict College (S.C.), www.benedict.edu
• Bennett College (N.C.), www.bennett.edu
• Bethune-Cookman Col.(Fla.)www.bethune.cookman.edu
• Bishop State Community Col.(Ala.) www.bscc.cc.al.us
• Bluefield State College (W.Va.), www.bluefieldstate.edu
• Bowie State University (Md.), www.bowiestate.edu
• Central State University (Ohio), www.centralstate.edu
• Charles Drew U. of Medicine (Calif.)www.cdrewu.edu
• Cheyney University (Pa.), www.cheyney.edu
• Chicago State University (Ill.) www.csu.edu
• Claflin College (S.C.), www.claflin.edu
• Clark Atlanta University (Ga.), www.cau.edu
• Clinton Junior College (S.C.) www.clintonjrcollege.org
• Coahoma Community Col. (Miss.) www.ccc.cc.ms.us
• Concordia College (Ala.) www.concordiaselma.edu
• Coppin State College (Md.), www.coppin.edu
• Delaware State University (Del.), www.desu.edu
• Denmark Technical Col.(S.C.) www.denmarktech.edu
• Dillard University (La.), www.dillard.edu
• Edward Waters College (Fla.), www.ewc.edu
• Elizabeth City State University (N.C.), www.ecsu.edu
• Fayetteville State University (N.C.), www.uncfsu.edu
• Fisk University (Tenn.), www.fisk.edu
• Florida A&M University (Fla.), www.famu.edu
• Florida Memorial University (Fla.), www.fmuniv.edu
• Fort Valley State University (Ga.), www.fvsu.edu
• Grambling State University (La.), www.gram.edu
• Hampton University (Va.), www.hamptonu.edu
• Harris-Stowe State University (Mo.), www.hssu.edu
• Hinds Community College (Miss.) lrc.hindscc.edu
• Howard University (D.C.), www.howard.edu
• Huston-Tillotson University (Tex.), www.htu.edu
• Interdenominational Theological 
  Center (Ga.), www.itc.edu
• J. F. Drake State Tech. Col.(Ala.) www.dstc.cc.al.us
• Jackson State University (Miss.), www.jsums.edu
• Jarvis Christian College (Tex.), www.jarvis.edu
• Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.), www.jcsu.edu
• Kentucky State University (Ky.), www.kysu.edu
• Knoxville Col. (Tenn.), www.knoxvillecollege.edu
• Lane College (Tenn.), www.lanecollege.edu
• Langston University (Okla.) www.lunet.edu
• Lawson State Community Col.(Ala.) www.ls.cc.al.us
• LeMoyne-Owen C.(Tenn.)http://www.loc.edu/index.htm
• Lewis Col. of Business (Mich.)www.lewiscollege.edu
• Lincoln University (Mo.), www.lincolnu.edu
• Lincoln University (Pa.), www.lincoln.edu
• Livingstone College (N.C.), www.livingstone.edu
• Meharry Medical College (Tenn.), www.mmc.edu
• Miles College (Ala.), www.miles.edu
• Mississippi Valley State U.(Miss.), www.mvsu.edu
• Morehouse College (Ga.), www.morehouse.edu
• Morehouse School of Medicine (Ga.), www.msm.edu
• Morgan State University (Md.), www.morgan.edu
• Morris Brown College (Ga.), www.morrisbrown.edu
• Morris College (S.C.), www.morris.edu
• Norfolk State University (Va.), www.nsu.edu
• North Carolina A&T State U. (N.C.), www.ncat.edu
• North Carolina Central U.(N.C.), www.nccu.edu
• Oakwood College (Ala.), www.oakwood.edu
• Paine College (Ga.), www.paine.edu
• Paul Quinn College (Tex.), www.pqc.edu
• Philander Smith College (Ark.), www.philander.edu
• Prairie View A&M U. (Tex.), www.pvamu.edu
• Rust College (Miss.), www.rustcollege.edu
• Saint Augustine's College (N.C.), www.st-aug.edu
• Saint Paul's College (Va.), www.saintpauls.edu
• Saint Philip's College (Tex.) www.accd.edu/spc
• Savannah State U. (Ga.), www.savannahstate.edu
• Selma University (Ala.), www.selmauniversity.org
• Shaw University (N.C.), www.shawuniversity.edu
• Shelton State Com. Col.(Ala.)www.sheltonstate.edu
• Shorter College (Ark.), www.shorter.edu
• South Carolina State University (S.C.), www.scsu.edu
• Southern U.A&M Col., Baton Rouge (La)www.subr.edu
• Southern U., New Orleans (La.), www.suno.edu
• Southern U., Shreveport (La.), www.susla.edu
• Southwestern Christian College (Tex.), www.swcc.edu
• Spelman College (Ga.), www.spelman.edu
• Stillman College (Ala.), www.stillman.edu
• Talladega College (Ala.), www.talladega.edu
• Tennessee State University (Tenn.), www.tnstate.edu
• Texas College (Tex.), www.texascollege.edu
• Texas Southern University (Tex.), www.tsu.edu
• Tougaloo College (Miss.), www.tougaloo.edu
• Trenholm State Tech/Col(Ala.)www.trenholmtech.cc.al.us
• Tuskegee University (Ala.), www.tuskegee.edu
• Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (Ark.), www.uapb.edu
• Univ. of Maryland, Eastern Shore (Md.), www.umes.edu
• U. of the Dist. of Columbia(D.C.www.universityofdc.org
• University of the Virgin Islands (V.I.), www.uvi.edu
• Virginia State University (Va.), www.vsu.edu
• Virginia Union University (Va.), www.vuu.edu
• Voorhees College (S.C.), www.voorhees.edu
• West Virginia State Univ. (W.Va.), www.wvstateu.edu
• Wilberforce University (Ohio), www.wilberforce.edu
• Wiley College (Tex.), www.wileyc.edu
• Winston-Salem State University (N.C.), www.wssu.edu
• Xavier University of Louisiana (La.), www.xula.edu 

In June 2015, Mike briefly ran as a write-in candidate to become the representative for Georgia's 55th district in the Georgia House of Representatives. Despite encouraging voters to write in his real name, Michael Render, any votes he received would not have been considered valid due to his failure to previously register as an official candidate in the election. He said his purpose in running was to raise awareness of the special election, and to demonstrate that political outsiders can and should run against established politicians.

Mike announced his support of Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in June 2015 after Sanders announced his intention to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965. After introducing Sanders at a rally held in Atlanta November 23, 2015, Mike spent time recording an interview with the presidential candidate at Mike's barbershop. Mike released his interview with Sanders as a six-part video series the following month.

In the following months, he remained an active and vocal supporter of Sanders, delivering speeches at rallies, voicing support in televised interviews and on social media, and traveling with the campaign.

In February 2016, Mike received criticism during his activism for Sanders for quoting American anti-racism and LGBT advocate Jane Elliott regarding Hillary Clinton, which was criticized as misogynistic and mistakenly attributed as being his original phrasing online and in the press. Following Sanders' exit from the race, Mike refused to support Clinton, whom he perceived as pro-war.

He has been an advocate for investment in black-owned banks; in July 2016 he called for people to transfer their money to black-owned Atlanta bank Citizens Trust, stating, "We don't have to burn our city down. But what we can do is go to your banks tomorrow. You can go to your bank tomorrow. And you can say, 'Until you as a corporation start to speak on our behalf, I want all my money. And I'm taking all my money to Citizens Trust".

In June 2017, at London's Field Day festival, Mike endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election.

On March 22, 2018, Mike appeared on NRATV with host Colion Noir defending black gun ownership. He says it had been filmed a week prior to the March for Our Lives yet released the weekend of the protest. He also stated that he told his children that if they participated in the National School Walkout that he would expect them to leave the family home. On March 26, 2018, he posted a video stating that the NRA used his interview out of context, saying he actually supports March for Our Lives while simultaneously advocating for black gun ownership.

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