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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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Brooklyn
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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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Who you? Your name smaller than fine grains in couscous It's the highest calibre, your calibre is deuce deuce
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War is not civilized.
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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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If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.
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I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
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My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.
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To be honest, that whole exchange with Crunk Feminist actually made me write the song because I realize there's a lot of young women out there so hurt by the misogynistic images in hip-hop they paint it with such a broad brush stroke that they think anybody that defends hip-hop is defending misogyny.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.
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I look at the deejay thing as something - I'm good at it because I have my own music. I have enough rhythm to blend at this point.
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I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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I don't care if Rick Ross is 40 years old -- he's a misguided 40-year-old person.
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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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But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop.
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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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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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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
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I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out of the bank until I saw how Citi Bank responded to Occupy Wall Street.
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