Artist
Black Star
Black Star is a hip-hop artist from Brooklyn, NY formed in 1997. 2 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Brooklyn, NY · Best hip-hop albums
- 2
- Releases
- 1998–2011
- Active years
- 1997
- Formed
Artist
Black Star is a hip-hop artist from Brooklyn, NY formed in 1997. 2 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Brooklyn, NY · Best hip-hop albums
Black Star arose from the underground movement of the late 1990s, which was in large part due to Rawkus Records, an independent record label stationed in New York City. They released one album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on August 26, 1998. The record received critical acclaim, but only moderate commercial success. Black Star (and other members of the Native Tongues Posse) helped shape underground alternative rap, bringing it into the mainstream. Both Mos Def and Talib Kweli have gone on to greater commercial and critical success in their solo careers. Black Star's emergence into the hip-hop scene came at a crucial point in music history. Following the deaths of both Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, hip-hop was consumed in a world of chaos. Black Star attempted to bring reconciliation in the wake of these violent deaths. The self titled album contains various references to Biggie and Tupac, and attempts to create reconciliation in the hip-hop world: “I said one, two, three. It’s kinda dangerous to be an emcee. They shot Tupac and Biggie. Too much violence in hip-hop.†In 2001, Black Star performed "Money Jungle" with Ron Carter and John Patton for the Red Hot Organizat…
