Last night Brooklyn emcee Talib Kweli was performing in Melbourne, Australia with rapper Jean Grae when an intruder broke into Jean’s dressing room and stole Kweli’s laptop and cell phone.
The Black Star artist took to Twitter to alert fans of what happened. “Someone came in Jean Grae’s dressing rm last night, stole my laptop & phone. They was with the opener whos dressing rm was next to mine.”
According to video footage from the hotel, the thief was identified as Amir Elashir, a fan who wrote on Jean Grae’s Facebook fan page just days before the show.
Talib Kweli later updated his Twitter status with “We have Amir Bashir # we called he said he had my phone and laptop and was gonna bring it then changed his mind.”
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek are slated to perform on Wednesday in Cincinnati, Ohio as part of Reflection Eternal’s Revolutions Per Minute tour. Their album hits stores May 18.
UPDATE: Via Twitter, Talib Kweli confirmed that an east coast Rap veteran helped the Blacksmith emcee see his laptop and phone returned. Although the details of how are presently unclear, Kweli tweeted acknowledgements to Naughty By Nature’s Vin Rock and DMV Rap blogger, DDotOmen. “Shout to @DDotOmen and Vinnie from @naughtybynature for being instrumental in getting me the stuff back. Dude dropped it off and ran.”
At present, Naughty By Nature is planning a reunion album with producing group member Kay Gee.
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never steal from a real artist! steal from 50 cent and soula boy!
is this what passes for new these days?…
jean grae happens to be dapluva’s wife thank you hold the applause.
da bigger question is wat is his stuff doin in her room???
Sad shit, talib aint never bothered nobody, some people are so desperate for attention its pathetic,
some stan shit….
well at least he got it back quickly.
Let’s refrain ourselves from publicizing any of his private/personal/commercial info possibly leaked from his comp/celly when the thief stole them. LET’S REMAIN IN GOOD MORALS AND MUSICAL SOUL FOR KEEPING ARTISTS’ ASSETS!
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lol @ this story
Damn, stealing is embarrassing but when u have to return it, its even more embarrassing lol..
Is this really news worthy?
@PowerNOOB, You read it and commented, right?
Good that his laptop and phone was returned. Why steal from Kweli? As Junkie stated, steal Soulja Boy’s diamond RC or some shit!
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