On this day, Sept. 29, in hip-hop history... Black Star literally announced their arrival with "Definition," a free-wheeling, Hi-Tek-produced anti-violence anthem that rang through loud and clear ...

The talented, politically minded rapper Mos Def has gained more acclaim for his work as an actor in such films as “Something the Lord Made” and “The Italian Job” than for his music in the last several ...

On this day, Oct. 12, in hip-hop history... Despite the album's anti-commercial bent, the album was a surprising sales success for a small, independent album, selling over 500,000 copes on it's way to ...

Back in the day (circa 1998), an underground rap slab hit the streets and it was called Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. So, unlike most of the bling-obsessed pop-rappers who dominated the late ...

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 ...

The last few years have witnessed the transformation of Brooklyn rapper Mos Def from underground icon to overground star, thanks to 1998's "Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star" and "Black on Both ...

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 ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, Mos Def humorously outlined his presidential platform on Listening Post. Now he's on the run from the po-po. Prince, however, has beat the legal eagles standing in his way. But he ...

The rapper formerly known as Mos Def, Yasiin Bey, who was arrested in South Africa last Friday for attempting to use a fraudulent document called a "word passport" to travel internationally, will be ...

Mos Def is quite the character. After riling up countless Hip-Hop fans–new and old–claiming that Black Thought, King Los and himself would slice whomever stepped up in a rap battle, he’s apparently ...

Kanye West and Mos Def rap lyrics to their track "Two Words" in an unearthed clip from nearly 20 years ago, which acts as the first-look teaser to West's upcoming Netflix docuseries Jeen-yuhs Kanye ...