Black Star
hip hopalternative hip hopconscious hip hopalternative raphip-hoprapunderground hip-hopNative Tongues collectiveunderground hip-hop renaissanceconscious raplate-90s New York indie hip-hop
Black Star is a hip-hop group formed by MCs Mos Def & Talib Kweli. Affiliated with the group is Hi-Tek, who formed producer/MC duo Reflection Eternal with Kweli, for the album Train of Thought & produced a portion of Black Star's debut album. They're, also, part of the Native Tongues Posse, a collective that contains, amongst others A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Da Bush Babees & Common. Black Star arose from the underground movement of the late 1990s
Influenced by: A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Common, Rakim
- Active:
- 1998-2001, 2012-present
- Scene:
- NYC underground hip-hop
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