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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 ...

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.

NEW YORK -- He is the conscious rapper, conscious in the post-Y2K sense, referencing Islam, Jimi and Trane, a rapper for whom keeping it real means buying a bookstore in the 'hood, a bookstore in ...

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: ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A government spokesman says the American entertainer commonly known as Mos Def was arrested in South Africa for travelling with a fraudulent passport. Department of Home Affairs ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — American rapper Mos Def's family appeared in court on Tuesday to stop their deportation from South Africa, a South African official said. A judge ruled that lawyers representing ...

Authorities say rapper Mos Def is being sought on an arrest warrant in Las Vegas after allegedly scuffling with a photographer at a fashion trade show in August. Police say the 35-year-old rapper, ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Mos Def is working on his debut release for indie label Downtown Recordings, after his major-label swan song died a quick death last year. According to Downtown head Josh ...

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The American rapper known as Mos Def will be allowed to leave South Africa on Tuesday after he apologised for breaking immigration laws. The rapper - whose real name is Yasiin ...