On this date in 1999, Brooklyn lyricist, actor, and social activist Yasiin Bey—who the Hip Hop world first knew as Mos Def—released his debut solo album Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus/Columbia ...

Last week, several news sites reported that rapper and political activist Yasiin Bey had canceled his U.S. tour. According to Together Boston’s website, Bey, also known as Mos Def, had been denied ...

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 ...

“Make some noise if you want your favourite artists to stand up for Palestine,” he said towards the end of his speech. “Put your hand on your heart if you have wept over images of children, and ...

Mos Def performs onstage with Gorillaz during the Meadows Music and Arts Festival - Day 2 at Citi Field on September 16, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images) There are a few ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There are a few songs I vividly remember hearing (or seeing if the video ...

Is Laila! Really Mos Def’s Daughter? As it turns out… yes! She confirmed her parentage in an interview with Complex‘s Jordan Rose. While the interview hasn’t been published yet as of this writing, ...

This is wild if it’s true. Mos Def is being linked to one of the latest rising stars, thanks to fans of the growing trend in live performance content platforms. It’s possible that you may have either ...

Yasiin Bey (f.k.a. Mos Def) took to social media to clarify his recent critique of Drake‘s music, explaining that his comments weren’t a personal attack but rather his own opinion and expectations of ...

Mos Def insisted Drake is a “very talented MC,” and said he wasn’t trying to be “mean-spirited and unfair” with his take on Drizzy’s music. Yasiin Bey—better known as Mos Def— is clarifying his ...

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 ...

Rapper Mos Def might have to fork over some of his earnings from Erykah Badu’s “Unfollow Me” tour to pay off one of the mothers of his children. Mos Def, who goes by Yasiin Bey and has six children by ...