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Love is blind, you just see bright light

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
Musician
Poet
Rapper
Singer
Songwriter
Brooklyn
New York
Talib Kweli Greene
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Love

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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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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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Unfortunately hip-hop is so competitive that in order for fringe groups to get in, you gotta be better than whoever's the best. So before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or impossible.
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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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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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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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War is not civilized.
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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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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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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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They hope for the Apocalypse like a self-fulfilling prophecy Tell me when do we stop it? Do they ask you your religion before you rent an apartment? Is the answer burning Korans so that we can defend Islamics?
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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
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Now people won't beat you up if you are gay they might just talk behind your back.
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Truthfully I wanna rhyme like common senseNext best thing I do a record with common sense
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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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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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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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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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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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