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God gave us music, so we play with our words.

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
Musician
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Rapper
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Brooklyn
New York
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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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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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But Rawkus is integral to what I do, because the cats who started Rawkus are the first ones who really saw my vision, and gave me a platform to get it out there, so I'm definitely totally grateful for that.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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Life is a beautiful struggle.
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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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A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
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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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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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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 think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
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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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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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Truthfully I wanna rhyme like common senseNext best thing I do a record with common sense
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I like the fact that I can rep New York, but my style does not - I'm not trapped in a New York thing. I can do art songs with other artists and it's seamless.
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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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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.
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