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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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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.
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I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality.
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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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God gave us music, so we play with our words.
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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Who you? Your name smaller than fine grains in couscous It's the highest calibre, your calibre is deuce deuce
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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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A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support
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There just needs to be a gay rapper who's better than everybody. That's when that question will no longer be able to be asked.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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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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I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.
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