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
We commute to computers; Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors. We survivalists, turned to consumers...
What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.
My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.
It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.
We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.
If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.
I support the idea that artists have to make a stand. I'm with that - you're putting the discussion on the table and you're letting people know. You're being brave as an artist and responsible to the community.
You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
God gave us music, so we play with our words.
I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
Truthfully I wanna rhyme like common senseNext best thing I do a record with common sense
Or is it the mind state that's ill, creating crime rates to fill the new prisons the build