Talib Kweli

Earlier this week, Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era successfully executed their first ever #STEEZDay in NYC's Central Park. The festival was established in honor of the collective's fallen comrade, Capital STEEZ, taking place on July 7, what would have been his 22nd birthday...

Talib Kweli dropped a compilation of rare, unreleased and B-side tracks called Train of Thought: Lost Lyrics, Rare Releases & Beautiful B-Sides Vol. 1 as a surprise last night (July 7). Featuring long time collbaortors like Hit Tek, Kanye West, Yasiin Bey and DJ Quik, the project features 10 tracks that have popped up over the years either as mixtape cuts or loosies but have never been found

Hip-hop fans of a certain age (or those with a knack for research) remember Talib Kweli as one of New York's most incisive lyricists, a Rawkus star when Rawkus was an unimpeachable brand. He starred on his joint album with another revered Brooklyn MC, Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are: Black Star, and on his joint album with producer Hi-Tek as Reflection Eternal, Train of Thought. As the '...

Kool A.D. is not Beyoncé, but he's close. Over the past year or so, the former Das Racist member has shot a video for every single cut from his most recent album, 2014's Word O.K. Now, the final installment arrives, by way of a Peruvian art collective called Youth Experimental Studio and their meticulous watercolor work in the Boots Riley- and Talib Kweli-featuring "Hickory." The clip fo

The Rachel Dolezal story continues to dominate the news cycle and rappers are adding their two cents on the situation. For those who may not be up to speed, Dolezal, who was president of the NAACP's Spokane chapter before resigning earlier this week, was exposed as a white woman who portrayed herself as black ...

Earlier today in a news conference, the state attorney of Maryland, Marilyn J. Mosby, announced she had filed a homicide, manslaughter and misconduct charges against Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. The news surrounding Freddie Gray's death has severely affected the community of Baltimore...

Talib Kweli links up with Detroit’s own DJ/Producer/Musician, GRiZ (aka Grant Kwiecinski), for a new track. “For the Love” is a smooth jazzy record that finds Talib spitting rhymes over sick horns. "I stay winning because losing is not part of my constitution," raps the Brooklyn native. The track is off...

This year there have been a lot of rappers visiting news stations or nightly news discussions. Most recently, Trinidad Jame$ was on Don Lemon’s CNN Tonight on Monday March 16 and spoke on the use of the n-word in pop culture and its affect on society. Befo...

A photo posted by Killer Mike (@killermikegto) on Mar 8, 2015 at 6:56am PDT Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," the Civil Rights march in Selma, Al., that inspired the recent award-winning film Selma. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were on location with the Commander In Chief giving a touching speech about how far we've come and what still need

Talib Kweli is nothing if not committed. Where other rappers and celebrities might pay a social cause lip service, the Brooklyn rapper has the follow through that fans and followers admire. His involvement in the ongoing protests in and related to the killing of Michael Brown Ferguson, Mo...

Nicki Minaj just doesn't stop working. With the recent release of her third album, The Pinkprint, as well as her new MTV documentary, My Time AGAIN, the Young Money rapper is wasting no time in getting back to the grind. This time she's going to Austin, Texas to headline this year's summer X-Games show. Nicki Minaj ...