My favorite artist is Talib Kweli Greene. That says a lot about both of us. As someone who loves hip-hop, I’ll be the first person to say that I hate a good 70% of hip-hop music. And that saddens me. In a world where most people only care about money and women, Kweli has managed to get around the average stereotypes that plague the industry. To me, it’s all about lyrical content, opposed to a beat that people can dance to. Hip-Hop originated as a genre of music that just said “I’m here.” Then it told people their story. This got most artists out of the poverty stricken lifestyle that they had come from. However, Kweli doesn’t just try to raise himself out of the slums, he tries his best to reach a hand out to others, creating change.
"People with knowledge are more dangerous than than people with guns
They make the guns easy to get and try to keep people dumb
Target the gangs and graffiti with the Prop 21
I already know the deal but what do I tell my son?"
~Talib Kweli
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