Talib Kweli: Why Kendrick Lamar's 'Parks and Rec' Joke Is Important — rollingstone.com

Talib Kweli is always on the lookout for rising talent, so when it came time to recruit emcees for his Prisoner of Conscious track "Push Thru," he knew to enlist Rolling Stone cover star Kendrick Lamar for the 2013 track. "Kendrick is somebody who in his music is very much aligned with movement and activism and the whole 'Black Lives Matter' movement," Talib Kweli tells Rolling Stone in a new interview on what the mainstream success of rapper Kendrick Lamar means. "I hear that movement in his lyrics."

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