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Talib Kweli

Soundtrack | Actor | Writer

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Is one half of the group Blackstar. The other member is Mos Def. See more trivia »

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Talib Greene
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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2011 The Colbert Report (TV series)
– Episode dated 5 October 2011 (2011) (writer: "Fix Up" - uncredited / performer: "Fix Up" - uncredited)
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.256 (2010) (writer: "Ballad of the Black Gold" / performer: "Ballad of the Black Gold" / as Reflection Eternal)
 
2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
– Episode #8.141 (2010) (writer: "Midnight Hour" - uncredited / performer: "Midnight Hour" - uncredited)
 
2010 Strangers (Paranoid) (short) (writer: "Strangers Paranoid" / performer: "Strangers Paranoid")
 
2010 How to Make It in America (TV series)
– Paper, Denim + Dollars (2010) (performer: "Get By Instrumental")
 
2009 30 Rock (TV series)
– Kidney Now! (2009) (performer: "He Needs a Kidney")
 
2008 Entourage (TV series)
– Pie (2008) (performer: "Do the Hula" - uncredited)
 
2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (performer: "Everything Man")
 
2008 First Sunday (writer: "Get By" / as TK Green / performer: "Get By")
 
2007 Superbad (writer: "My Favorite Mutiny")
 
2007 Freedom Writers (performer: "Listen!!!" / "Listen!!!")
 
2006 My Brother (writer: "Get By" / as T.K. Greene / performer: "Get By")
 
2006 Stick It (writer: "Abracadabra" / as Talib Kweli Greene / performer: "Abracadabra")
 
2005 Block Party (documentary) (writer: "Definition", "Move Somethin'", "Get By" / writer: "Get Em High" / as Talib Kweli Greene / performer: "Get Em High", "Definition", "Move Somethin'", "Umi Says", "Get By")
 
2002 Brown Sugar (writer: "Brown Sugar Raw" / as Talib Kweli Green)
 
2002 Ken Park (writer: "Brown Skin Lady" / as Talib K. Green)
 
2001 Madden NFL 2002 (Video Game) (writer: "Down for the Count" / performer: "Down for the Count")
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
2009 30 Rock (TV series)
Talib Kweli - He Needs a Kidney Performed by
– Kidney Now! (2009) … Talib Kweli - He Needs a Kidney Performed by
 
2009 Blokhedz Mission G Animated Web Series (short)
Young Blak
 
2005 Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Video Game)
Trane (voice)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2011 Cold Rain (video)
 
2010 Strangers (Paranoid) (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
2010 Strangers (Paranoid) (short) (executive producer)
 
2008 Talib Kweli presents Blacksmith TV (video short) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2012 Enemy (short) (musician)
 
Show ShowSelf (52 titles)
2013 Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records (documentary) (post-production)
 
2004-2013 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 17 May 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 22 August 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2009-2013 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.924 (2013) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.575 (2012) … Himself - Musical Guest (as Black Star)
– Episode #1.256 (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest (as Reflection Eternal)
– Episode #1.157 (2009) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2012 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2012)
 
2011 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - Guest and Musical Guest
– Episode dated 5 October 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Talib Kweli (2011) … Himself - Guest and Musical Guest
 
2011 Business as Usual: The Exploitation of Hip Hop (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 What's Trending (TV series)
Himself
– Week 1 - 05/17/11 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (documentary)
 
2011 The Mo'Nique Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 January 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Cold Rain (video)
Himself
 
2011 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Art Creature: Alby Cohen (short)
Himself
 
2011 Diary of a Decade: The Story of a Movement (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Brave New Voices 2010 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 ReGeneration (documentary)
Himself
 
2004-2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #8.141 (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #5.69 (2007) … Himself
– Episode #4.133 (2005) … Himself (as Black Star)
– Episode #3.167 (2004) … Himself
 
2010 Strangers (Paranoid) (short)
Himself
 
2010 Timeless: The Composer/Arranger Series (Suite for Ma Dukes) (video documentary)
Himself - Lyricist
 
2008 Call + Response (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go? (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005-2008 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2008 Talib Kweli presents Blacksmith TV (video short)
Himself
 
2007 Parallel Paths (TV series)
Himself
 
2007 mtvU Woodie Awards 2007 (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2007 Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Rap City (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– The Notorious B.I.G. Ten Years Later (2007) … Himself - Guest
 
2006 Backstage Pass (TV series)
Himself
– Talib Kweli (2006) … Himself
 
2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 September in Brooklyn: The Making of 'Block Party' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Made You Look: Top 25 Moments of BET History (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Block Party (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Trippin (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tanzania: Part 2 (2005) … Himself
– Tanzania: Part 1 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Through the Wire")
 
2005 All of Us (TV series)
Himself
– So I Creep (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The MC: Why We Do It (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Art of 16 Bars: Get Ya' Bars Up (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The L-Bow Room (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2002-2004 Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #4.5 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #2.3 (2002) … Himself
 
2004 The N Word (documentary)
Himself
 
2003-2004 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself
– Music Jump-Off (2004) … Himself
– Episode #1.12 (2003) … Himself - Musical Guest (as Black Star)
– Episode #1.3 (2003) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2004 Strong Arm Steady (video)
Himself
 
2004 TV's Illest Minority Moments Presented by Ego Trip (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Get Up, Stand Up (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Say It Loud (2003) … Himself - Interviewee (also archive footage)
 
2003 Hip Hop Babylon 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Soundz of Spirit (documentary)
 
2003 Essence Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 American Rap Stars (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Brown Sugar
Himself
 
2002 Hughes' Dream Harlem (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Appeared in Mos Def's video "Brown Sugar (Extra Sweet)" (2002) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Reflection Eternal | Black Star
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Is one half of the group Blackstar. The other member is Mos Def. See more »

Star Sign:

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