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Keynote Speaker
Talib Kweli
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Our keynote speaker's about to come on, and I just wanted to say a few
Words about him, and you all know who he is: Talib Kweli. Please hold
Your applause until the end. We are glad to come and hear you speak
We love it. Kweli doesn't like me to talk about this, but one time we
Were driving through the Mississippi Delta, and there was a brother
Running up the side of the road, and he didn't have any shoes on. He
Didn't have a shirt on. And I started to drive right by this man
Kweli said, "Stop the car, because that brother might be in
Trouble." And I stopped the car. Kweli said to the man, he said
"Brother, are you okay? Do you need a ride somewhere?" And the
Man looked at Kweli and said, "Shhh... I'm escaping." And Kweli
Took him by the hand and said, "My brother, you didn't get the
Memo. We have been free for some time now." Well, I'm winding
It up. Please welcome a good friend, a scholar, ghetto philosopher
Three-time Nobel Peace Prize winner, first black man to pilot
An aircraft, the nigga that made up the Nike swoosh, the man
That made Kool-Aid say, "Oh yeah," Brooklyn's own: Talib Kweli