On this day in hip hop history, 27 years ago, Mos Def and Talib Kweli joined forces to release their iconic debut album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on Rawkus Records — a landmark project that ...

On this date in 1999, Rapper/actor/social activist Yasiin Bey, who was formally recognized by the Hip Hop world as Mos Def, released his first solo album, Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus/Columbia ...

Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur ponders Drake as “pop” and offers a different view on the Canadian hit maker than Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey. As we stride toward the 51st year of Hip-Hop, there’s a curious twist: ...

Love shopping at Target? Bed Bath & Beyond? Then Drake’s music just might be for you. Yasiin Bey—better known as Mos Def—recently sat down for an interview with The Cutting Room Floor podcast, where ...

Saturday night’s Spring Concert at Amherst College brought the likes of Lyrispect, Subliminal, Hezekiah and ‘mos’ importantly, Mos Def. The concert was held in LeFrak Gymnasium on the Amherst College ...

Mos Def has always known that it's kinda dangerous -- literally, physically -- to be an MC, but that awareness never kept him from the task of producing sharp, illuminating hip-hop. For the past few ...

Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey formerly known as Mos Def form the group Black Star - (Photo Credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre) Rapper Mos Def does not consider Drake’s music to be hip-hop and is more ...

It seems that Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. label roster is continuing to grow. In addition to the recent signing of Pusha T and The Clipse, Ye has also added rapper/actor Mos Def to the super roster of ...

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Under the radar for a decade, the artist formerly known as Mos Def is back. He talks about rejection, revival, and his new partnership with the Alchemist It’s the penultimate night of Paris fashion ...

The birthplace of hip hop is getting a new art gallery that plans to “highlight the fusion of visual art and hip-hop, hoping to usher in underrepresented artists from marginalized backgrounds and ...

Hot on the heels of the news that Colin Hanks has joined the cast of “Dexter” as a recurring character comes word that hip-hop artist turned actor Mos Def has also finalized a deal for a multi-episode ...