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Talib Kweli embodies the growing "dad rap" movement — push from middle-aged rappers who take a more mature, leveled approach to the genre.

Review: Talib Kweli breaks the silence in latest rap release

By Aidan Lentz, Staff Writer • November 28, 2017
Not only can he pull off rapid-fire flows, which are shown on “Radio Silence,” but his lyrics are a cut above most other rappers.
Students gather to rap outside the Ithaca College Library every Friday at 5:30 p.m.

Straight Outta Ithaca: Hip-hop’s influence at IC

By Kalia Kornegay, Staff Writer • September 23, 2015
Over the years, hip-hop has worked its way up from the street. It’s been criminalized, marginalized, worshipped and appropriated. Now, the genre once again expresses the discontent of a generation.
Rapper Talib Kweli speaks Feb. 7 to a crowd in Emerson Suites. Kweli said his favorite part of speaking is the dialogue with students that follows.

Talib Kweli shakes up diversity dialogue during campus visit

By Taylor Long, Senior Writer • February 14, 2013
There was something special about the energy in Emerson Suites last Thursday as Talib Kweli took up the mic not to rap, as some students had expected, but to discuss the hip-hop industry and the role of the artist in society.
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