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Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story

Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story

Kweli, Talib

Paperback

MusiciansBlack American StudiesHip Hop

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 1250787386
ISBN13: 9781250787385
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: Feb 15 2022
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

From one of the most lyrically gifted and socially conscious rappers of the past twenty years, Vibrate Higher is a firsthand account of hip-hop as a political force

Before Talib Kweli became a world-renowned hip-hop artist, he was a Brooklyn kid who liked to cut class, spit rhymes, and wander the streets of Greenwich Village with a motley crew of artists, rappers, and DJs who found hip-hop more inspiring than their textbooks (much to the chagrin of the educator parents who had given their son an Afrocentric name in hope of instilling in him a more traditional sense of pride and purpose). Kweli's was the first generation to grow up with hip-hop as an established culture--a genre of music that has expanded to include its own pantheon of heroes, rich history and politics, and distinct worldview.

Eventually, childhood friendships turned into collaborations, and Kweli gained notoriety as a rapper in his own right. From working with some of hip-hop's greatest--including Mos Def, Common, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Kendrick Lamar--to selling books out of the oldest African-American bookstore in Brooklyn, and ultimately leaving his record label and taking control of his own recording career, Kweli tells the winding, always compelling story of the people and events that shaped his life as well as the culture of hip-hop that informs American culture at large.

Vibrate Higher illuminates Talib Kweli's upbringing and artistic success and gives life to hip-hop as a political force--one that galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement and serves as a continual channel for resistance against the rising tide of white nationalism.

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