Talib Kweli Reaches Out to Kanye West: ‘Lifting Trump Up Kills Us, Come Home’
At this point, Kanye West may have alienated not only his fans but the music industry with his bizarre rants the last couple of days. However, he still has a friend in fellow rapper Talib Kweli.
Much like many of West’s fans, Kweli was disappointed in hearing the G.O.O.D. Music leader voice his support for President-elect Donald Trump. On Sunday (Nov. 20), the Brooklyn rhymer went on his Twitter account to deliver some tough love to the mercurial rapper-producer in a series of tweets.
Kweli urged West to rethink his position on Trump and understand that Black people are struggling and need strong-minded people to help build a stronger community of black and brown people.
"Feelings don't matter fam. Facts matter. Real n----s still got love for you. But our ppl dying out here. Never Trump," he tweeted. "The same way you want Jay to reach out to you, u should reach out to real n----s. Cuz someone ain't keeping it real w u fam."
Kweli also added, "We love u. u r everything u say u are. A genius, an icon. U added greatness to my life. But lifting Trump up kills us. Come home."
The two rappers' friendship goes back over a decade. Kweli's uplifting 2002 song "Get By" was produced by West.
Kweli wasn't the only rapper who delivered some real talk to Yeezus. Fellow rapper Mysonne called West a "cornball" but he brought truth to power with his critique of people putting "corny n----s" on a pedestal who aren't saying nothing.
Read Talib Kweli's tweets below: