above the stage didn't get a lot of use until the Pharcyde walked out to a spacey CG intro. The four performed "Ya Mama," "4 Better Or 4 Worse" and "D...
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...
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of rapper and actor Mos Def after an alleged attack on a fashion photographer at MAGIC in Las Vegas. Accordin...
Mos Def was being sought by police on an arrest warrant stemming from a scuffle with a photographer at a fashion trade show last August, authorities a...
, issued under the 34-year-old entertainer's real name, Dante Terrell Smith, accuses him of getting violent toward Volker Corell, who was credentialed...
Atmosphere concert nearly leading to a riot in placid Harriet Island, Minnesota, but I suppose 10,000 peaceful protesters being shot with tear gas can...
If it weren't such an awkward-sounding catchphrase that will never ever catch on, you might say that Mos Def pulled a Decemberists. Much like Colin Me...
with the European installment of the Rock the Bells tour, alongside Nas, De La Soul, EPMD and the Pharcyde, among others.On the acting front, the arti...
with the European installment of the Rock the Bells tour, alongside Nas, De La Soul, EPMD and the Pharcyde, among others.On the acting front, the arti...
Fela Kuti. The late J. Dilla is listed among the producers of the album, which has clearly been recorded over a long period of time. Full track listin...
Last night, Jim Jones lit up his Twitter with a message saying he was headed to the studio to meet with the Black Keys: "I'm on my way to me The Black...
Via: The Rap UpThe Mighty Mos Def has been busy doing that acting thing, but on December 19 he'll be dropping his third solo album Tru3 Magic. I remem...
Kweli on their song "History." The show airs tonight on NBC; the studio version of the track can ... Dirty Projectors Jam Again With Roots, Mos Def, K...
, though both did contain elements of "pop" here and there -- "19-2000" and "DARE," respectively, for example.Plastic Beachis scheduled to drop in 201...
on that forthcoming North American tour. Yorke's latest "office chart" looks like this: 01 Mos Def: "Twilite Speedball" 02 Allah's Reflection, Madvill...
Mos Def's appearance on kids' showYo Gabba Gabbawould have been a surprise if we had not seen him act like such a goof before. His several cameos onCh...
The Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam and Elvis Costello are among acts scheduled to perform on the public-broadcast music show "Austin City Limits," whic...
Wanna make money as a rapper today? Then you have to do more than just rap. So while Mos Def might have been committing career suicide a decade ago by...
to perform at Gulf Aid, a May 16th concert that will benefit families affected by the oil disaster ... Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def Join May 16th Gulf Aid B...
Franco, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Rebirth Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins, Allen Toussaint and Ivan Neville ... Mos Def and Lenny Kravitz to Perform...
and Trombone Shorty.The track, "It Ain't My Fault," is a reworked version of a New Orleans cut by the same name and features updated lyrics to address...
My paradigm has just done been exploded: Bill Cosby apparently had a show in the early '90s calledCosby Mysterieswhere he solved crimes and slept with...
Kanye West's "G.O.O.D. Fridays" series marches on, with the rapper posting yet another free song, "Lord Lord Lord", on his website early this morning....
Photo via Kanye's Twitter According to the new Kanye-covered issue of XXL, Mos Def has signed on with West's G.O.O.D. Music imprint. (Via Consequence ...
Mos Def has drawn the ire of the 14 hip-hop fans (aka whoever is writing at Vibe) who still refuse to accept that the genre is (almost) entirely comme...
Last month, the New York Observer ran a story by D.M. Levine about Damon Dash and his DD172 space, which is his new production company. In the story, ...
Experiment did with Kanye buddy Lupe Fiasco the previous night at the same club. Lupe did a full mini-set with the group, and the Village Voice has a ...
Kidjo - Leila 7. Chantal Kreviazuk - Na Miso 8.Norah Jones- World of Trouble 9.Sheryl Crow- My Name is Mwamaroyi 10. Amel Larrieux - Don't Let Me 11. ...
Revivalist comes through with good quality footage of Kanye's "off the top" freestyle from the other night at the Blue Note Jazz Cafe in New York City...
Baltimore beat-jacker Blaqstarr has released the previously reported Blaqstarr: the Mixtape for free download today. Grab it below or over at Blaqstar...
the aural caffeine. Download the tape via the widget below. It features M.I.A., Rye Rye, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and several others. ... Download: Blaqs...
Vote Latino organization is working to encourage Latino participation in the upcoming U.S. Census. To do that, the group has enlisted a long list of p...
What cause could possibly bringMorrisseyandMos Deftogether? A group named Vote Latino have pulled off that feat, by asking musicians to contribute to ...
New Orleans' Howlin Wolf hosted some intriguing collaborations this Saturday night. The New Orleans jazz/brass/hip hop group Hot 8 Brass Band performe...
Hip-hop artist and actor Mos, formerly known as Mos Def, has signed onto the sixth season of Dexter. Mos will portray a hardened ex-con who is continu...
Dexter, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The raptor will play a hardened ex-con who claims to have found religion but still can't seem to escape v...
episodes - as one of the upcoming season's villains. Hanks will play Travis, Dexter's main nemesis and a highly intelligent ancient artifacts expert w...
season is set to begin in June.Mos Def's previous television work includes stints on House and The Boondocks (as the voice of rapper Gangstalicious). ...
Let's face it, acting-wise, Mos Def will never top his appearance on Yo Gabba Gabba! last year. It was just too outrageous and awesome for him to ever...
with a special show at New York's Carnegie Hall on Saturday, January 7. The veteran New Orleans Act has now confirmed that a number of guests will joi...
with a special show at New York's Carnegie Hall on Saturday, January 7. The veteran New Orleans Act has now confirmed that a number of guests will joi...
future, featuring Yasiin Bey' Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron, the legendary Jimmy Scott, Cecil Taylor, ?uestlove, Gary Bartz, Bilal, Derrick Hodge, Lionel...
Mos Def, who is still insisting that we all call him Yasiin Bey now, is launching a new project called Top 40 Underdog, in which he'll remake and twea...
During Ski Beatz' press day for his new album, 24 Hour Karate School Presents: Twilight, VIBE.com spoke with the veteran producer on the new project. ...
Accomplished soul artists Erykah Badu, Musiq Soulchild, and Chrisette Michele are lending their voices to a new project by Robert Glasper. Rappers Mos...
Earlier this month, the man formerly known as Mos Def stopped by Paris' Radio Nova and debuted two new tracks.The first, "Forever Alive," is a funky h...
Tweet Last night Yasiin Bey, the artist formerly known as Mos Def, came home for a free concert in Brooklyn. Bey played a show in Restoration Park in ...
50th anniversary in style. The house jazz band (the Preservation Hall Jazz Band) will release a commemorative live album recorded during a January per...
Yasiin Bey and Mannie Fresh's up-coming LP OMFGOD is complete and ready for a release date. At a recent performance in Phoenix, Arizona Mos gave the c...
When Yasiin Bey a/k/a Mos Def was recording his third album, True Magic, he collaborated with Kanye West on a song called "The Light Is Not Afraid of ...
