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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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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?
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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.
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God gave us music, so we play with our words.
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By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something unattainable. Never-ending undying love. And in hip hop, we're still taking direct inspiration.
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Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. Im looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate.
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Harry Belafonte hit me to the Dream Defenders and I liked what they were about. When I asked them how I could help their movement, they said, You can help by coming down here you can tweet.
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I just got a new manager. He's like, So what do you want to do with the deejay thing? I'm like, The deejay thing for me is more my hobby. It's great when you can supplement your income, when you have a weekly or something, it's fun. It's really a hobby, because I don't want it to take away from what I do, which is emceeing.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.
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When you have a voice and a platform and you know better, it becomes your moral obligation to support that community. And by extension, you're supporting your family.
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I was always rhyming and doing it for the love before I found out I was gonna have children and when I found out, doing it for the love wasn't enough.
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When I met you it was magic... We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets.
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
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