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Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (Staff Picks!)
Title: Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Year/Genre: 1998, Hip-Hop
Matrix #: 0253786267
Condition: New
Cultural Facts:
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In 2006, Mos Def was arrested outside the MTV Video Music Awards for performing “Katrina Clap” from a flatbed truck without permission—a protest against government negligence after Hurricane Katrina.
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Both rappers named their group after Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line, symbolizing Pan-African pride and self-determination.
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DJ Hi-Tek’s production blended jazz, soul, and minimalist boom-bap, influencing a generation of underground producers.
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