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Call Number: 782.421 Kw, Black Studies 782.421 Kw, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / Musicians & Entertainers / Kweli, Talib
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Includes index.
Prologue -- Stakes is high -- Growing up Greene -- Gifted and talented -- The poetry of practicality -- The word became flesh -- The cipher -- Village people -- God lives thru -- The nigga ya love to hate -- The salad days -- Friends with rappers -- The best is yet to come -- 1995 -- The peaceful warrior -- Black star keep shining -- The eighth light -- The joy -- The Bizness -- Reflections of our ancestors -- Spitkickers -- The strange land -- Wake up, Mr. West! -- Family. Matters. -- Blacksmith Music -- Shadows of tomorrow -- Independent's Day -- Knowledge of wealth -- Dillagence -- Twitter fingers -- Defenders of the dream -- My president is black -- Trump's Amerikkka -- The story of mama -- The beginning.
One of the most lyrically gifted, socially conscious rappers of the past twenty years offers a firsthand account of hip-hop as a political force in addition to illuminating his own upbringing and artistic success.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Year Published: 2019
Description: 322 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374283407
0374283400
SUBJECTS
Kweli, Talib.
Rap musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Autobiographies.