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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
Musician
Poet
Rapper
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Brooklyn
New York
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It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.
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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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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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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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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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If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.
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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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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
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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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My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.
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The most important time in history is - NOW - the present, So count your blessings cause time can't define the essence.
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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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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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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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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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Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box.
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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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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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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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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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