Talib Kweli Quotes About Community

Quotes about: Community

• I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. Im looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate.

  Talib Kweli

  Education, Skills, Community

• Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and I don't mean conservative in the good way, like we're saving money. I mean very intolerant.

  Talib Kweli

  Mean, Hip Hop, Community

  "Talib Kweli Stands His Ground". Interview with AJ Vicens, www.motherjones.com. August 26, 2013.

• I support the idea that artists have to make a stand. I'm with that - you're putting the discussion on the table and you're letting people know. You're being brave as an artist and responsible to the community.

  Talib Kweli

  Artist, Ideas, People

  "Talib Kweli Stands His Ground". Interview with Aj Vicens, www.motherjones.com. August 26, 2013.

• My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody.

  Talib Kweli

  New York, Cities, Community

  Interview with Paul D. Miller, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• No one likes to be treated like people in minority communities. What it's saying is that because you're poor, because you live in a neighborhood that deals with oppressed conditions, you deserve to be treated like a criminal. In our Constitution it says you have the right to live without illegal search and seizure.

  Talib Kweli

  People, Community, Constitution

• When you have a voice and a platform and you know better, it becomes your moral obligation to support that community. And by extension, you're supporting your family.

  Talib Kweli

  Support, Community, Moral

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