Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli is throwing his hat in the digital radio ring. Perhaps taking a page from Eminem, who has his own Shade 45 radio station on Sirius XM, the New York rapper will partner with his label Javotti Media to launch his own curated radio station on Radionomy, a user-generated streaming radio platform that specializes in music, news and commentary...

Madlib is a legend. Born Otis Jackson, Jr. the producer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist has always retained a sense of mystery about him, even though he's far more accessible than some of his more eccentric collaborators. Like many of the underground luminaries he's often compared to—Dilla, the Alchemist—Madlib has carved out a mercurial and fascinating niche in the world of hip-hop without bowi

As the BET Cyphers last week proved, there's something special about watching a rapper just spit. Though the cyphers only come once a year, there are still places out there that force rappers to deliver verses over a beat in a live setting...

For Atlanta-based, Houston-bred rapper/producer Cory Mo, his first solo album in more than a decade came about out of nowhere. "I was in Atlanta and Kweli came down for a show, and I ended up picking him up from the airport, and I was like, check out some of my new shit," he said in an interview at the XXL offices last week. "I ...

A lot of CMJ week, much like with SXSW and even major festivals like Bonnaroo, is all about time management. So on a night like last night (Wednesday, October 16), it can be tough to fit in all the shows that you want to see. And with Pusha T headlining a showcase at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan and a star-studded bill topped by Talib Kweli holding it down at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brookly

"Busy" is an understatement when it comes to Alchemist and Oh No, the two producers behind Gangrene. The duo is fresh off the year-plus-long grind of helping to create the first-ever score for GTA V, and both have some big projects in the works on their own...

Texas producer and rapper Cory Mo will release his new album, Take It Or Leave It, on October 22, but today he's unleashed a hulking, squirming monster of a track, "Hold Up." The song finds Mo going in over a careening luxury sedan of a beat with some help from fellow Southern traditionalist Big K...

While his May album Prisoners of Conscious is still sinking in, Talib Kweli plans to hit fans with another project before the year is out. The Brooklyn MC recently announced on his new website, kweliclub.com the album will be released on December 15...

Talib Kweli took a break from writing songs and speaking out for social justice yesterday, taking some time to answer questions from fans during a Reddit Ask Me Anything Session. Like similar questioning sessions featuring artists like Big Boi, the Weeknd and Mac Miller, the AMA was a combination of thoughtful inquiries and silly requests...

Throwing a hell of a hotel party in Tokyo, Talib Kweli entertains many ladies in his new visual "Turnt Up".  Produced By Trend, the song's sensual tune brings new meaning to the term turn up. "Turnt Up" is the latest single off of Talib Kweli's Prisoner Of Conscious....

Pharaohe Monch sat down with VladTV recently for their True Hip-Hop Stories series, and detailed a story about Kanye West. Apparently Monch was getting fly for a party at Talib Kweli's place in Brooklyn—complete with new coat—when he ran into the buzzsaw that is Kanye West's unerring devotion to fashion. Check the ...

Talib Kweli sat down for an interview with Mother Jones recently that touched on a variety of topics, including stop-and-frisk, feminism and homosexuality in hip-hop. Towards the end of the conversation, he also gave big props to a fellow artist and future tour partner: Macklemore...