Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli performing at the 2012 Ilosaarirock festival
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Talib Kweli Greene |
| Born |
October 3, 1975 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Javotti Media, EMI, Capitol, Rawkus, Geffen, Blacksmith, Warner Bros. |
| Associated acts | Black Star, Busta Rhymes, Curren$y, DeStorm Power, Kanye West, Black Thought, MF DOOM, Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Madlib, Mary J. Blige, Pharrell, Reflection Eternal, Res, The Roots, Kendrick Lamar, Cassper Nyovest, The Procussions, Stephen, Karma Fields |
| Website | talibkweli |
Talib Kweli Greene (born October 3, 1975) is an American hip hop recording artist, entrepreneur, and social activist. He is the son of professional educators. In 2011, Kweli founded Javotti Media, which is self-defined as "a platform for independent thinkers and doers." Kweli earned recognition early on through his work with fellow Brooklyn artist, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, when they formed the group Black Star. Kweli's career continued with solo success including collaborations with famed producers Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Pharrell Williams. Kweli is known to support artists on the rise, such as J. Cole, Jay Electronica, Kendrick Lamar, and NIKO IS.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Kweli grew up in a household in Park Slope. His mother, Brenda Greene, is an English professor at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York and his father an administrator at Adelphi University. His younger brother, Jamal Greene, is a professor of Constitutional Law at Columbia Law School, a graduate of Yale Law School, and former clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. As a youth, he was drawn to Afrocentric rappers, such as De La Soul and other members of the Native Tongues Posse whom he had met in high school. Kweli was a student at Cheshire Academy, a boarding school in Connecticut. He was previously a student at Brooklyn Technical High School before being academically dismissed. He later studied experimental theater at New York University.
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