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I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.
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My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody.
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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.
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So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.
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As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don't look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music.
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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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I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.
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Let me finish my music, and let me present it the way I want to present it. And then share it, put it online, do whatever you want to do after that.
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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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Life is a beautiful struggle.
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I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.
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Fortunately, artists can live off their works, if you're creative at how you do it. If you just depend on the videos and the radio, you're at a loss.
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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Unfortunately hip-hop is so competitive that in order for fringe groups to get in, you gotta be better than whoever's the best. So before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or impossible.
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