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 ...

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 ...

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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.

Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur ponders Drake as “pop” and offers a different view on the Canadian hit maker than Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey. As we stride toward the 51st year of Hip-Hop, there’s a curious twist: ...

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 ...