Talib Kweli
Biography
Talib Kweli is an American rapper who started out in the late 1990s, teaming with Yasiin Bey to form the hip-hop group Black Star. Their 1998 single Definition made the Billboard Hot 100, and their self-titled debut album also charted on the Billboard 200. His first solo album, Quality (2002), earned critical acclaim and featured the Kanye West-produced single Get By. In 2007, his album Eardrum debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. He also appeared in Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005), performing both solo and with Black Star. He founded the independent label Javotti Media in 2011. His 2021 memoir, Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story, received a PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award in 2022. He has also hosted the podcast The People's Party.
51years old
Turns 52 on October 3in 355 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Talib Kweli Greene
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 10 years2005 to 2015
Every film, newest first
- 2015Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed LivesIMDb rating 8.0
- 2011The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975IMDb rating 7.6
- 2010ReGenerationIMDb rating 6.9
- 2005Dave Chappelle's Block PartyIMDb rating 7.2
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Early training
Kweli went to Brooklyn Technical High School as a student, and afterward he studied experimental theater at New York University.
First role
Kweli's first recording work came in 1997, when he was featured five times on Doom, an album by the Cincinnati, Ohio, group Mood.
Behind the award
Kweli's memoir, Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story, came out in 2021 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In 2022, the book won a PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award.
Beyond film
In February 2006, Kweli voiced the protagonist of Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, a video game themed around graffiti.
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