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Yasiin Bey gives advice to the next generation of artists at Kanye West’s big concert in Turkey

Legendary rapper Yasiin Bey (f.k.a. Mos Def) gave producer and streamer Plaqueboymax essential advice about making music ...
The Source Magazine

Today In Hip Hop History: Mos Def And Talib Kweli Released Their Classic Joint Album ‘BLACK STAR’ 27 Years Ago

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 ...
Gothamist

Mos Def For Dummies: A Look Back At The Career Of One Of NY's Finest

It's been a strange, tumultuous week for Yasiin Bey, the talented Brooklyn-born rapper who used to go by the name Mos Def. Having overstayed a tourist visa granted to him by South Africa in 2013, ...
Afro

Mos Def No More: Rapper, Film Star Changes Name

Rapper and film star Mos Def announced he will change his name at the end of the year to Yasiin, the name of the 36th surah, or chapter, of the Quran. According to Entertainment Weekly, Mos Def ...
Yahoo

Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 25 years later

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mos Def performs onstage with Gorillaz during the Meadows Music and Arts Festival - Day 2 at Citi Field on September 16, 2017 in ...
Artnet

Yasiin Bey, Formerly Known as Mos Def, Is Opening a Gallery in the South Bronx to Fuse Art and Hip-Hop

Retired hip-hop star Mos Def and advertising executive Free Richardson are opening a gallery in the South Bronx next month called The Compound. The space, located in the neighborhood real-estate ...
Billboard

Mos Def Hits The Studio With Mr. DJ

Mos Def is hard at work on his LP, "The Estatic," but not with Kanye West as previously reported. By Hillary Crosley Mos Def is hard at work on his upcoming album “The Estatic,” but not with Kanye ...
AllHipHop

Drake Fires Back At Mos Def For Saying His Music Is Pop—Not Hip-Hop

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.
The Fader

Read Mos Def’s First-Ever Cover Story From 2000

In 2000, for The FADER's 3rd issue, we hung out with Mos Def—now known as Yasiin Bey—at New York's Empire Diner for his very first cover story. Mos Def is missing the Grammys. Holed up for the past ...
The Guardian

Mos Def to release new album … on a T-shirt

What better way to enjoy Mos Def's new album, The Ecstatic, than on ... er ... a T-shirt? Sounds like a stupid idea? Yes. But stupid ideas don't seem to faze Mos Def ...
Rolling Stone

Mos Def to Retire the Name ‘Mos Def’

Mos Def has announced that he will be dropping the name "Mos Def" by the end of this year, and will henceforth be known on record as Yasiin. "I’m retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I’m actually ...
AOL

Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 25 years later

OPINION: “Black on Both Sides” managed to be political, entertaining and jammin’ in a way that few albums have managed since. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed ...