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Talib Kweli, a rapper and producer, was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He first gained recognition in 1997 when he collaborated with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def to form the group Black Star. Kweli's musical career continued with solo success and collaborations with notable producers and rappers such as Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Pharrell Williams. In 2011, he founded his record label, Javotti Media.

Mos Def feat Q-tip & Tash — Body Rock https://www.discogs.com/release/399643-Various-Lyricist-Lounge-Volume-One

“The white unemployment rate is nearly more than triple for black, so front liners got they gun in your back… Bubbling crack, jewel theft and robbery to combat poverty, and end up in the global jail economy… Stiffer stipulations attached to each sentence, budget cutbacks but increased police presence… And even if you get out of prison still living join the other five million under state supervision… This is business, no faces just lines and statistics, from your phone, your zip code, to SSI digits… The system break man, child and women into figures, two columns for who is and who ain't niggas… Numbers is hard and real and they never have feelings, but you push too hard, even numbers got limits… Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret The million other straws underneath it, it's all mathematics.” Yasiin Bey CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #yasiinbey #mosdef #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CjSpgXMLPaP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

MOS DEF  x Kamoni Khem