Rappers with Mos Def's reputation and charisma aren't supposed to wait five years between albums, but the Brooklyn native has been legitimately distracted. He can act -- and Hollywood adores him for ...

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 ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The multi-talented Mos Def plays a ...

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: ...

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 ...

Champagne Papi uses a Method Man clip to respond to the “Umi Says” rapper. Mos Def had the Hip-Hop world talking in recent days. His take on Drake’s music became a trending topic on social media.

NEW YORK -- He is the conscious rapper, conscious in the post-Y2K sense, referencing Islam, Jimi and Trane, a rapper for whom keeping it real means buying a bookstore in the 'hood, a bookstore in ...

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Rap star Mos Def was arrested last night (Aug. 31) after MTV’s Video Music Award’s because he didn’t have authorization to perform outside of Radio City Music Hall in New York. The rapper, born Dante ...