![]() ![]() 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. Talib Kweli's latest album, Radio Silence, is out Nov.
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