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When did Talib Kweli start making music?
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Talib Kweli's first song “Lunchroom Classics” released in 1999.
If skills sold, Talib Kweli would have been one of the most commercially successful rappers of his time. As it was, however, the earnest MC became one of the most critically successful rappers of his time, which dawned in the late ‘90s when he rapped alongside Yasiin Bey (then known as Mos Def) and DJ Hi-Tek as part of the group Black Star. ... Read More
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