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Ottawa Bluesfest will be getting at least one dose of killer hip hop.

Run the Jewels — the New York-based rappers El-P and Killer Mike— will play RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest in Ottawa on July 15, according to the duo’s website.

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Run the Jewels’ song Close Your Eyes (And Count to F-ck) is one of the most searing hip hop track of the past year, due in no small part to the guest vocals of Rage Against the Machine’s Zack De La Rocha.

Currently the duo is performing at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, and will be playing festivals throughout the spring and summer at Coachella, Osheaga, and elsewhere.

Their debut EP, titled Run the Jewels, is available as a free download by clicking here. They recently released a second album, Run the Jewels 2.

Bluesfest will be announcing its full lineup soon. Stay tuned . . .