“Walk soft and carry a cro magnum,” Yasiin Bey rapped in “So Be It” — a bar that captured the vibe and vitriol of Black Star‘s ferocious Saturday Night Live debut. Rap duo Talib Kweli and Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) received a hero’s welcome in Studio 8H. Dave …
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As he did after the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, Dave Chappelle has once again been tasked with hosting Saturday Night Live for their first post-Election Day episode, this time for the 2022 midterms. Chappelle will bring along Black Star — the duo of Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli — …
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Talib Kweli has filed a bizarre and utterly unrepentant lawsuit claiming he suffered “emotional distress resulting in illness” after the feminist website Jezebel published a story linking his 2020 Twitter suspension to his reported harassment of a woman online. The article, titled “Talib Kweli’s Harassment Campaign Shows How Unprotected Black …
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When Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey announced that their long-delayed, highly anticipated new album, No Fear of Time, was to be released through Luminary’s podcasting network, the news signaled an impossible-to-ignore, best-of-both-worlds scenario. In choosing to distribute their follow-up to 1998’s Talib Kweli and Mos Def Are Black Star through …
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Black Star‘s first new album in nearly 25 years, No Fear of Time, has arrived, via subscription podcast platform Luminary, and with it comes the hip-hop super duo’s free-to-watch lyric video for “o.G.” On the new song, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and Talib Kweli trade verses, with Bey holding …
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