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Talib Kweli is a statesman of conscious hip-hop..
Before Talib Kweli became a world-renowned hip-hop artist, he was a Brooklyn kid who liked to cut class, spit rhymes, and wander the streets of Greenwich.
Born Talib Kweli Greene c. 1973 in Brooklyn, NY. Education: Studied experimental theater at New York University. Addresses: Record company--Rawkus Records, 676 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10012.
Website--Talib Kweli Official Website: http://www.talibkweli.com.
A far cry from the image-driven gangster rappers of the late 1990s, emcee Talib Kweli strives to "reconcile left-wing idealism with the anything-goes attitude of hip hop," according to critic Kelefa Sanneh in the New York Times.
He seems "determined to move hip hop past materialism," noted Jon Pareles in the New York Times. An emcee "with a social conscience, a liquid flow, and an unending gift of wordplay," Kweli was "one of the most astute and prominent voices in the hip-hop underground," remarked Ken Capobianco in the Boston Globe. After releasing Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star with successful emcee Mos Def in 1998 and Reflection Eternal with deejay Hi-Tek in 2000, however, Kweli was ready to br