Talib Kweli has said that the music industry is dead.

The rapper - who recently released his new album Gutter Rainbows strictly in digital format - said that he chose to forego a traditional printing in order to maintain control over his own creative career.

"I was being nice. We're not really witnessing the demise: We're at the wake," he told MTV News.

"The music industry doesn't exist. What we have is a series of businessmen who make smart decisions and a series of businesswomen who make smart decisions. But the industry as a whole, when you have records that are being played 3,000 times on radio but you can't sell albums - for the disconnect to be that huge - that means it's over."

Kweli went on to reveal that he plans to release a physical version of Gutter Rainbows via Duck Down Records later this year in order to appease his fans who prefer a tangible album.

"I have a certain aspect of my fan base who are mad because I'm putting out Gutter Rainbows - which is a small release - not on a CD," he said.

"But it's over. I know people wanna go open it up and look at the credits; I'm that type."

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