![]() ![]() Nelson Mandela said, "Fools multiply when wise men remain silent." and I live my life by that. As a matter of fact, the opposite occurs: When you ignore it, it gains strength in the dark. I mean, you gotta be really comfortable and life has got to be really convenient for you to say, "Hey man, just ignore racism." Racism is not something that goes away when you ignore it. I think that's a really privileged argument to make. Talk about more broadly what role you think your presence on social media serves, because there are those who would make the argument that you're just feeding the beast. But when it comes to oppression, intention doesn't matter, results do. And I stress "unintentionally" because I don't think Jack and all the people on Twitter are purposefully trying to enable white supremacy. I feel like they unintentionally protect white supremacy and protect white supremacists when they take actions like that. I felt like it was very hypocritical for them. The Record My American Dream Sounds Like Black Star That's what Twitter locked my account for. So what I did was I posted his address and his phone number and I encouraged people to hit him up. On top of his phone number and his address being on the Texas State bar website, he's also posted on his account his phone number and his address and encouraged people to hit him up, if they have any grievances. And on that website is this guy's phone number and his address. He claimed to be a lawyer so I looked up his - there's a website called Find A Lawyer that's run by the Texas State Bar. and when I looked on his page, he's spending all his time threatening people. Talib Kweli: So this guy, his first tweet to me was something about, he's an attorney and I'm stupid and I'm not as intelligent as mentally challenged people. For those who haven't heard about it, do you mind telling me your take on all this? ![]() Michel Martin: So you've been in the news lately because Twitter locked you out of your account, following an exchange with a Texas attorney who was writing some pretty threatening things to many people. Hear the radio version at the audio link and read on for an edited transcript. Speaking with NPR's Michel Martin, Kweli discusses speaking out on racism, the changing value of radio play in hip-hop and his album's tribute to Bresha Meadows, who was arrested at 14 for killing her father after years of alleged domestic abuse. Kweli's eighth studio album it's titled Radio Silence. whether sparring with Don Lemon on CNN or trolls on social media. Outside the studio, Kweli has been just as outspoken. Talib Kweli has, for more than two decades now, been considered a standard bearer for what's sometimes called "conscious rap." Both as a part of the hip-hop duo Black Star with Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and as a solo act, his music provides social and political commentary layered over a bed of eclectic production. The primarily acoustic "Write at Home" involves more cooks - keys from Robert Glasper, spoken word from Datcha, vocal sweetening from Bilal - but closes out the album in purposeful, elegant form.Talib Kweli's latest album, Radio Silence, is out Nov. "The One I Love" features BJ the Chicago Kid's confident hook, sampled Sampha on the brink of tears in the background, and even a Stevie Wonder-like harmonica outro from Frédéric Yonnet. The comparatively lighter tracks are necessary for balance but are cluttered on occasion. "They screamin' 'black-on-black' as an excuse for you to not care 'til the cops roll up in their SWAT gear," amid dozens of other lines, are delivered with that laser focus only Kweli possesses. "She's My Hero," told over sorrowful soul-jazz from Oh No, regards the 14-year-old who shot and killed her abusive, life-threatening father after "They told the cops, but all that did was make him treat them rougher." A career highlight, it's also only one of many tracks on which Kweli asserts his stance against the school-to-prison pipeline and other forms of systemic oppression, as well as the mentality they sustain. Kweli persists as one of the most inspired storytellers, wasting no syllables as he condenses and elucidates complex non-fiction. "I got a doctorate in rockin' it," he proclaims on prime Kaytranada chop "Traveling Light." But if there's one line that encapsulates this compact set, it's "Documentin' the struggle, I'm huddlin' with historians," placed over the Alchemist's swirling soul, ideally suited for the dissemination of realism and wisdom. Seven months after he and Styles P released The Seven, Talib Kweli offered his eighth proper solo album, his first since 2015's Fuck the Money. ![]()
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