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 ...

One of the most anticipated podcast appearances is now on hold. Sources say Dave Chappelle has asked that his Drink Champs episode with Black Star be shelved.

Laila is carving her own lane in music, but not without a word of caution from her father Mos Def. In a recently uploaded interview with Nessa on Hot 97, the 19-year-old singer-songwriter was asked ...

In a graphic video published on the Guardian today, Yasiin Bey, better known as Mos Def, undergoes the same kind of forced-feeding faced daily by Guantanamo Bay prisoners on hunger strike (screenshot ...

Yasiin Bey began his career as a child actor before rising to fame as Mos Def in Hip Hop and film. His 2011 name change reflected a personal and artistic transformation. These photos highlight his ...

On Saturday night after Mos Def’s Summer Breeze set, Voices emissaries Pete and Gabe sat down with for an all-too-brief interview with the artist. Voices was understandably intimidated at the prospect ...

If ever there is a genre of music caught in a permanent state of limbo, it has to be alternative hip-hop. Once alternative artists are discovered and break through into the mainstream, they are ...

Kanye West lent his eponymous website to his good friend Yasiin Bey (commonly known as Mos Def) Tuesday night so that the New York rapper and actor could explain what’s going on in South Africa and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Yasiin Bey — formerly known as Mos Def — will say goodbye to fans in a series of concerts in December in New York and Washington, D.C. The hip-hop star has announced he is retiring ...

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