![]() ![]() With Mos Def (together the pair were known as Black Star), Kweli achieved some mainstream success with Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998). As a youth, he was drawn to Afrocentric rappers, such as De La Soul(LA LE LU) and other members of the Native Tongues Posse and soon began recording with producer Hi-Tek and rapper Mos Def who he met at central park, and later attended New York University with. His parents were both college professors: his mother an English professor, his father a sociology professor. His name is Arabic, meaning 'the seeker' or 'student of truth and knowledge'. He is one of the most prominent rappers in underground hip-hop, and is critically acclaimed frequently, despite not being commercially successful. Talib Kweli (born Talib Kweli Greene, 1975) is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York.
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