Will 2022 Be the Year We See a New Black Star Album?

Nearly 24 years after their 1998 debut, Talib Kweli has teased that he and Yasiin Bey are returning with their sophomore Black Star album.
Yasiin Bey may have brushed off requests for a Black StarĀ album last year, but Talib Kweli has confirmed that their sophomore album is on the way.
On Friday, the latter went to Instagram to announce their upcoming follow-up to 1998 albumĀ Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star.
“The new Black Star album was recorded in hotel rooms and dressing rooms across the globe. I love how my brotherĀ @yasiinbeyĀ pushes me musically.Ā #blackstarforeverĀ followĀ @blackstarkeepshining today…”
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Kweli and Bey’s duo Instagram page shows throwback and current footage of the two, among the likes of Cordae, Regina King,Ā Dave ChappelleĀ and more. Since their longtime hiatus, Kweli and Bey have co-hosted podcast The Midnight Miracle with Chappelle, where Bey previously denied that a new collaborative album was coming out. He also spoke out against theĀ streaming industry, undergoing creative control and financial solvency of artists.
āYou mean to tell me that the source of labor at the center of this experience is supposed to be satisfied and grateful with receiving a portion of a penny for their efforts and labor?ā Bey asked. āYou motherfuckers donāt get to tell me what to do with what I make,ā Bey fired off. āIām not interested in my own misery. So Iām not interested in the misery that anybodyās trying to put on my back. If youāre trying to tell me that I got to put it out on your schedule and not get paid what itās worth, but what you tell me itās worth, then weāre always going to have a fucking problem.”
Prior to Bey’s tirade, Black Star premiered an untitled Madlib-produced cut on The Midnight Miracle.