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The legendary rap group Black Star comprised of elite emcees Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli were recently in Chicago for their reunion tour at the Taste of Chicago. Their classic and surprisingly the only album they released, Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star, has stood the test of time…

Chicago Female hip-hop phenomenon K‘Valentine releases a new single “US” with legendary BK MC Talib Kweli from his label Javotti Media. “US” is the latest single off of K‘Valentine‘s debut album “Here for a Reason.” www.kvalentine.com www.talibkweli.com @itskvalentine @talibkweli

Talib Kweli is one of the leading voices in hip-hop. For the past two decades, the Brooklyn, New York, emcee has moved the culture forward with superior lyricism and thought-provoking activism. From his days with Yasiin Bey as the duo Black Star, to his solo classics Quality and The Beautiful Struggle, Kweli’s legendary status has…

Two attributes make Chicago rapper K’Valentine stand out in the music industry: her resilience and willingness to hustle. K’Valentine finds herself in a city that is currently burgeoning and she is on the cusp of superstardom. With support from legends like Talib Kweli, the sky is the limit. We spoke to K’Valentine about her life,…

Talib Kweli was in Chicago recently performing at The City Winery in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago. If you know anything about City Winery, then you know it’s not the most traditional place to hold a hip-hop show. It’s a casual/semi-formal restaurant more conducive to jazz or R&B. That didn’t stop the fans from coming…

Gene Simmons has ruffled some feathers with his recent comments about wishing for rap’s demise. Hip hop artist Talib Kweli took to Twitter on Friday and Saturday to dispute the rock legend’s words. “Hip-hop has saved countless lives. How dare he wish it dead,” Kweli tweeted. “So would it be fair to wish him dead,…

Hip-hop artist Sean Price of Heltah Skeltah fame died while in his Brooklyn apartment Saturday morning. Many recording artists who were influenced by his long career are expressing their condolences. Price’s music company said that he died in his sleep, according to NY Daily News. They released a statement reporting that his cause of death…

Rapper and activist Talib Kweli recently rounded up an eclectic group of friends to kick off his “Midsummer’s Night Dream” tour in grand style with an inspired performance at Chicago’s renowned venue The Shrine. Unbeknownst to fans in attendance, actor, comedian, and Chicago native DeRay Davis was in the house to serve as guest host for the…

Since Rachel Dolezal’s “transracial” story broke last week, reactions amongst members of the black community have been (some say surprisingly) mixed. It seems that some members of the community feel that regardless of her racial identity issues, Dolezal did a lot of good work for people of color in both her role as president of the Spokane…

Popular underground rapper Immortal Technique was arrested last week in California for confronting and allegedly attacking a street vendor who was selling unauthorized merchandise with his logo. The rapper, whose birth name is Felipe Andres Coronel, was arrested along with his tour manager, Steven McDaniel, and charged with suspicion of robbery and attempting to dissuade a victim from reporting…

Since Kendrick Lamar released his sophomore album, To Pimp a Butterfly, the reviews have been both positive and noteworthy. Recently, Kanye West used Twitter to praise Lamar on his new album. Other well-known producers and artists, such as 9th wonder and Talib Kweli also commented on the album, which seems to be on track to be…

K’Valentine has a lot going on upstairs. While she could easily blend in with a group of high school seniors, she’s a grown woman … believe me. She’s a writer not a rapper. It’s something she began doing as a form of self-therapy at an early age.

Though Ferguson, Missouri, seems to have fallen out of the national news cycle, the struggle continues and rapper Talib Kweli is adamant about giving a helping hand. In October, Kweli along with Autumn Marie, Donna Dragotta, Tef Poe and Tory Russell put together a crowdfunding effort called The Ferguson Defense Fund designed to provide financial…

In what looks to be a case of a disconnect between generations, media mogul Oprah Winfrey is coming under fire from a number of hip-hop artists and activists for comments made about a lack of “leadership” among today’s youth. While promoting the movie, Selma, in an interview with People magazine, Winfrey seemed to simultaneously compliment…

Talib Kweli, dead prez and Jasiri X and more will be performing on Sunday, October 12th at “Hip Hop 4 Justice,” a free concert presented by the organizers of Ferguson October.

In light of the country’s battle against racial profiling and and police brutality, including the murder of Mike Brown, Minister Louis Farrakhan called upon Chicago’s music industry to come together and provide a positive co-op for black artists. He encouraged the artists to “look inside themselves and to their brothers and sisters” for assistance and project funding so…

What led you to organize a movement in Ferguson? I was already in New York City for a performance, and speaking to my friend of 20 years, emcee Talib Kweli, he told us he was headed to Ferguson. So many of us were speaking about it among ourselves for many days. Those of us in…

From Activist/Author Rosa Clemente: A group including poet Jessica Care Moore, Talib Kweli, folks from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Philip Agnew of the Dream Defenders, Bgyrl ForLife Malik from Occupy the Hood, Trymaine Lee from MSNBC and many others were chased like animals by the cops. As we ran to get away, we found ourselves on a small path on a bridge, surrounded by police from various units and…

It’s been days since the heated exchange between Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli and CNN anchor Don Lemon, but the internet is still talking about it. During a live broadcast covering the aftermath of the Michael Brown murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Kweli took exception to being interrupted by Lemon while speaking on misinformation posted on CNN’s…