It’s been a decade since Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) put out his last release The Ecstatic, choosing to retire from the rap game several years later in 2016. Apparently he seems be moving toward coming ...

Mos Def's new album, The Ecstatic, will be available on a t-shirt. But how do you get it in the CD player? Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV ...

The hip-hop legend explained that he has no interest in performing at the big game – but he understands the prestige of it all. 3 days ago “His bass was so fucking funky,” the legendary Bronx producer ...

Recording Industry Comes Up With Brilliant New Way to Sell Music—As Long As No One Steals ItRCRD LBL, a new joint venture by Downtown Records and Engadget editor Peter Rojas, launched today, marking ...

Sadly, this weekend hasn’t gotten off on the right foot: The Yasiin Bey show got canceled because the artists formerly known as Mos Def got ill. You’ll have to catch him at The Bomb Factory August ...

Despite the untimely deaths of icons Tupac and Biggie in 1996 and 1997 respectively, hip-hop was the late '90s. The after effects of Bad Boy's "shiny suit" era as well as Def Jam's resurgence -- lead ...

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 ...