People On Twitter Can’t Stop Confusing Aqib Talib With Talib Kweli

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Last week, actor and universally adored Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton took to Twitter to ask people to stop confusing him with LaVar Ball, because there are apparently multiple users out there who can’t differentiate between the two men. However, Burton has nothing on Talib Kweli, whose mentions have recently been flooded with people who seem to think he’s Aqib Talib for some reason.

If you’re one of the people who can’t tell the two apart, here’s a refresher: Talib is a cornerback for the Denver Broncos with an affinity for snatching chains off of people’s necks. Kweli, on the other hand, is one of the more conscious rappers in hip-hop and one half of Black Star, a duo he formed with Mos Def that managed to put out one of the best albums in the history of the game.

If you’re having trouble keeping them straight, don’t worry; there’s a pretty good chance I’ll manage to mix them up at some point over the course of this post.

Talib tweets using the handle @AqibTalib21, and given the uniqueness of his first name, you’d think he wouldn’t be too hard to find thanks to Twitter’s handy autocomplete feature. However, that didn’t stop plenty of people from going after Kweli— who is one of the lucky few who can say they have their real name after the @ sign— in the wake of Talib’s latest chain-snatching incident.

Yesterday, the rapper posted the following tweet on his account to highlight just how much misguided attention he’s received since Sunday:

After taking a deeper dive into the underbelly of Twitter, I’m actually astonished by how many people have accused Kweli of a crime he didn’t commit. Here are just some of the many highlights:

As I said last week: You probably don’t need a reminder that the internet is a stupid place filled with stupid people, but here’s more proof if you somehow forgot.

[Total Pro Sports]

 

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Connor Toole is the Deputy Editor at BroBible. He is a New England native who went to Boston College and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Frequently described as "freakishly tall," he once used his 6'10" frame to sneak in the NBA Draft and convince people he was a member of the Utah Jazz.