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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.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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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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I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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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 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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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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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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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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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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Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
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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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