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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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An American rapper has found out the hard way that a "world passport" isn't accepted in South Africa. Mos Def must appear in court for allegedly breaking South Africa's immigration ...

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 (Billboard) - Rapper Mos Def is working on his debut release for indie label Downtown Recordings, after his major-label swan song died a quick death last year. According to Downtown head Josh ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A government spokesman says the American entertainer commonly known as Mos Def was arrested in South Africa for travelling with a fraudulent passport. Department of Home Affairs ...

Chess Records has long been overshadowed by two other legendary black music labels, Motown and Stacks. But it's now getting its time in the spotlight with the new film called "Cadillac Records." The ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The American rapper known as Mos Def will be allowed to leave South Africa on Tuesday after he apologised for breaking immigration laws. The rapper - whose real name is Yasiin ...