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Talib Kweli

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Born 03 October 1975.

Talib Kweli is a performance name for the person Talib Kweli Greene.

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Biography

Talib Kweli Greene (born October 3, 1975), better known as Talib Kweli, is an African-American MC from Brooklyn, New York. He is one of the most critically, if not commercially, successful rappers in Hip hop music[citation needed] . His first name in Arabic means "student" or "seeker"; his middle name in Swahili means "true". Kweli first gained recognition through Black Star, a collaboration with fellow MC Mos Def.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
Eardrum 2007
Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD 2005
The Beautiful Struggle 2004
Quality 2002
 

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