Black Star is tagged as: hip-hop, hip hop, rap, underground hip-hop, alternative rap There is more than one artist with this name: |1. American rap/hip-hop group 1998-present.|2. Blackstar is a British heavy metal band, formed as a retooling of the band Carcass in 1995|3. Indonesian experimental indie-rock band 2001-present. |4. Obscure Jamaican reggae band from the 70’s. |(1) Black Star is a rap group formed by MCs Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Affiliated with the group is DJ Hi-Tek, who formed producer/MC duo Reflection Eternal with Kweli for the album Train of Thought and produced a portion of Black Star’s debut album. Black Star is part of the Native Tongues Posse, a collective that contains, amongst others A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, The Jungle Brothers, Da Bush Babees and Common. 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 self titled album. Though the record achieved little commercial success, they (and other members of the Native Tongues Posse) helped shape underground alternative rap and helped bring it further into the mainstream eye. Both have gone on to greater commercial and critical success in separate solo careers. A sample on the album from the film Chameleon Street has generated th... Read More About Black Star Biography...  Send Black Star ringtones to your cell
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