Talib Kweli is a Deadbeat?

According to internet rumors, Talib Kweli’s management refused to pay a man $1200 for filming a Blacksmith Management VIP event showcasing Talib Kweli and Jean Grae in 2007.

The man said he was contracted to put together a show for the “Blacksmith TV” project but the project was later abandoned and he was never paid for his work.

View the complaint below:

“the 11/6/07 show at the apollo was a vip “blacksmith management” event featuring Talib Kweli and Jean Grae. I was hired to bring my whole recording rig up there (desktop tower, pre amps, monitor etc) to record the show for the purpose of using my audio and video they put together of the show for their fledgling “Blacksmith TV” project. I repeatedly sent them invoices which they kept saying they could not open (ms word files? come on) so when i got them paper copies of the invoice the story was the check was in the mail. One year ago. They stopped taking or returning my calls about six months ago when they said the Blacksmith tv project had not gotten off the ground. They had no real use for the recording i had done for them…….. but maybe they could find some other work for me sometime. fer reels? wow thanks! there was no contingency plan in the deal that i may or may not get paid for my work depending on what they did with the recording. i still send them invoices which they ignore (is talib kweli’s management so broke they cant make good on a $1200.00 invoice?). Now i dont get past the secretary when i call where as before the owner corey smyth’s right hand lady Midori used to take the phone for him and feed me his BS for him. see blacksmithnyc.com”

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