Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli Greeneis an American hip hop recording artist, entrepreneur, and social activist. He is the son of professional educators. In 2011, Kweli founded Javotti Media, which is self-defined as "a platform for independent thinkers and doers". Kweli earned recognition early on through his work with fellow Brooklyn artist, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, when they formed the group Black Star. Kweli's career continued with solo success including collaborations with famed producers Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Pharrell...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth3 October 1975
CountryUnited States of America
Nowadays rap artists coming half-hearted, Commercial like pop, or underground like black markets. Where were you the day hip-hop died? Is it too early to mourn? Is it too late to ride?
War is not civilized.
You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.
Life without knowledge is death in disguise.
If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with For the betterment of Man, understand, You ain't nothing but a waste.
Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.
Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
When you shine bright, some won't enjoy the shadow you cast.
The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
Artists make art for themselves. Art is an honest expression. Artists who pander to their fans by trying to make music “for” their fans make empty, transparent art. The true fan does not want you to make music for them, they want you to make music for you, because that’s the whole reason they fell in love with you in the first place....
I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.