Black Star is a duo hip hop members including Mos Def and Talib Kweli, who individually perform as solo artists as well. Their critical success and greater commercial has been from their solo careers, compared to their activity as a duo.

The duo rose from the underground movement in the late 1990s and helped shaped alternative rap as a genre bringing it to the mainstream. Their lyrics are well known to be cross-referenced with social consciousness and political issues.

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