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 ...
Paisley Park/ Rawkus/Universal/ Rawkus/Geffen/ YouTube/Jive/G-Funk Entertainment 1993: Salt-N-Pepa blows up with Very Necessary Salt-N-Pepa's fourth album is by far their most successful, selling over ...
On this date in 1999, Rapper/actor/social activist Yasiin Bey, who was formerly recognized by the Hip Hop world as Mos Def, released his first solo album, ‘Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus/Columbia ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...