Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba: Talib Kweli Speaks On Controversy, Talks Rick Ross "UOENO",Reebok Scandal

Talib Kweli has never been what you would call softspoken. The activist and concious rapper has always been more than willing to let his feelings be known on any number of subjects. In a recent interview with AllHipHop, he let his feelings be known about a number of recent news stories including the controversy of Beyonce and Jay-Z's Cuba trip and the scandal surrounding Rick Ross' questionable lines in Rocko's "UOENO."

The rapper didn't mince words when talking about Jay-Z and Beyonce's Cuba trip, aiming some pointed words at the Florida Republicans who instigated the media circus.

"One, we should always know which side of the fence the GOP, and anyone who claims to be Republican, is." Kweli said. "Republicanism as an ideal is about conservative and small government, but in reality it's a racist reaction to the Democratic policies of 1964. Once you identify yourself as a Republican, you identify yourself as an enemy of people."

He backpedaled a little here saying "That's not to say Democrats are the greatest. Democrats can be just as bad."

"But once you say you're Republican I already know what you're about. So anything that comes out a Republican's mouth you gotta look at where the intention is." Kweli added.

When it came to the Cuba trip and Jigga and Bey in particular, Kweli got pretty real.

"As far as Jay-Z, he's a grown ass man and he's a free citizen and he can do whatever the hell he wants to do."

Kweli went on to admit that he thought Jay's "Open Letter" was "pretty good" but he wishes Hov "would go a little bit more in the depth of what's he's talking about."

Kweli also trashed Reebok for dropping Rick Ross, claiming that the company showed implicit consent of the violent lyrics that Ross often spits and only dropped Ross so that they could take the moral high ground when Ross' lyrics began to hurt them financially.

"it got to the point where it began to affect [Reebok]." Kweli said. "It began to make their radar. I don't think they did it out any moral obligation. If that was the case they never would have worked with Rick Ross."

When asked why the reaction to Ross' offending lyrics was so strong, Kweli gave a rather compelling answer.

"It's circumstance. Feminism as a movement in America is organized. It's organized to a degree where there was an organized response that targeted Reebok. It was an organized group of people that got together and pushed." He said.

"But there's no organization representing young black men being murdered that would step up and be like, 'no, we're not having that.'"

What do you think about Talib Kweli's response to the Jay-Z and Beyonce Cuba controversy? How about his response to Rick Ross' "UOENO" fiasco with Reebok? Anything else in the interview you liked (Seriously, take the time to read it. It's really good.)?

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