A two week back and forth between rapper Talib Kweli and a Twitter user named Maya has moved from Twitter to Instagram.
It started on July 6, when one Twitter user asked which rappers have actually married Black women. Another user replied with a long list of names that included Kweli. Maya then said in a tweet that almost all of the rappers on that list are married to light skinned women, adding that it was a conversation for another day and suggesting colorism may play a role in attraction. Kweli responded to her, and the two have been going at it online since.
This week, Kweli posted on Instagram, claiming that supporters of Maya had threatened him and his family and had shared his personal information online. He also called out several media outlets in the post. Maya responded on Twitter, saying Kweli was spreading misinformation about her to his large following. She said she did not see how he was not using his platform against her.
Kweli later removed the Instagram post. Neither side has backed down publicly, and Baller Alert has not independently verified the claims about threats made in Kweli’s post.
We will keep you posted if either of them has more to say.
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This skipped over a whooollleee lot of tweets in order to make Talib look ridiculous. Wowww I didn’t realize Baller Alert ‘journalism’ was this low.
Garbage. Talib was targeted by a troll farm. She encouraged her followers to harass him and send him death threats. You’re terrible people for lying about this.