[youtube id=”Q2x6C3f9nPo”]Rapper and activist Talib Kweli is kicking off his new show talk show People’s Party With Talib Kweli next week. Kweli will host and interview different guests on a weekly basis. He will lead discussions hip-hop, culture and politics with various personalities. B-Real, Perry Farrell, Jemele Hill, Lamar OdomContinue Reading
Amerigo Gazaway releases the Aretha Franklin and Black Star project Young, Gifted & Black on what would have been Franklin’s 77th birthday. Gazaway took the title from Franklin’s 1972 album and the actual single and blended it with Black Star’s “Hip-Hop (Screamixx)” lyrics from The Boondocks official mixtape. Franklin passedContinue Reading
[youtube id=”vwjwKPXy4sg”]Mos Def named his fourth album after Victor LaValle’s novel The Ecstatic. The album’s unusual sound was influenced by a quote about the way ‘ecstatic’ was used in the 17th and 18th century to describe people who were inspired or mad and a litany of world flavors. “Auditorium” featured SlickContinue Reading
It’s been 20 years since Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli emerged as Black Star and they are coming full circle to reunite and release a new album this year. Yasiin Bey made the announcement in Denver, Colorado this past weekend during a Madlib DJ set. Reddit uploaded the audio fromContinue Reading