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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.

Talib Kweli

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
Musician
Poet
Rapper
Singer
Songwriter
Brooklyn
New York
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My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to, you know, Motown, and he listened to Bob Dylan. He listened to Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, but he also listened to reggae music. And he collected vinyl.
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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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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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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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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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My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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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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A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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God gave us music, so we play with our words.
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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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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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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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If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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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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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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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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