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Rapper Mos Def says Drake’s music is not rap, but suitable for shopping

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 ...
AOL

Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 25 years later

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 ...
Complex

Watch Joey Badass Cover Mos Def’s 'Black on Both Sides' Track “UMI Says”

Joey Badass covered Mos Def’s “UMI Says” in the latest edition of Australian radio station Triple J’s Like a Version series. Backed by a live band featuring rising Zimbabwe-born, Melbourne-based ...
Okayplayer

Behind The Beat: How Mos Def & Diamond D Created "Hip Hop," the Epicenter of 'Black On Both Sides'

The longtime Fugees affiliate was celebrated by Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill after his death at 50. 9 days ago “His bass was so fucking funky,” the legendary Bronx producer and MC said during a late ...
Digital Spy

Mos Def joins Keira Knightley in 'Can a Song Save Your Life?'

Mos Def has joined the film Can a Song Save Your Life?. The musical drama focuses on a music executive (Mark Ruffalo) who forms a friendship with a young singer-songwriter (Keira Knightley), who is ...
NOLA.com

Mos Def with the Hot 8 Brass Band

"There has to be a change," Mos Def opens his 2009 return to form The Ecstatic (Downtown), "and the only way it's going to be built is with extreme methods." Strong words — except they aren't Mos ...
The Grio

Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 25 years later

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 ...