TALIB KWELI JOINS COMMUNITY WORKS & GROUNDWORK
FOR SHARING OUR LIVES
“Student Produced Performance to Infuse African Dance & Rhythm with Hip Hop”

Conscious rapper Talib Kweli may see struggle as beautiful. However, its radiance does not prevent him from helping others. When Community Works, a non profit arts education organization asked the Brooklyn artist to make a guest appearance at its student produce Sharing Our Lives: East New York/South Africa event, the former 1/2 of Blackstar altered his plans so he can fly in from the West coast just so he wouldn't disappoint the kids who will be presenting their infused work-in-progress performance that combines South African arts forms including Zulu and gumboot dance; mining chants; and African Jazz; with hip hop; spoken word; and rap. The event takes place from 3:30 – 5:00 PM at Fiorentino Campus of Junior High School 292, 301 Vermont Avenue, in the East New York section of Brooklyn, on Friday, April 21. Talib Kweli, who was a featured artist in the hit performance movie DAVID CHAPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY. His last album, THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE featured a guest appearance from Mary J Blige, on the Kanye West produced track "I Try".