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Gorillaz embark on yet another globetrotting adventure on “Damascus,” the animated outfit’s new single with Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and celebrated Syrian singer Omar Souleyman. “Damascus” gets ...

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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 ...

Laila is carving her own lane in music, but not without a word of caution from her father Mos Def. In a recently uploaded interview with Nessa on Hot 97, the 19-year-old singer-songwriter was asked ...

On this day in hip hop history, 27 years ago, Mos Def and Talib Kweli joined forces to release their iconic debut album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on Rawkus Records — a landmark project that ...

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Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and the Alchemist are teaming up for a collaborative album under the name FORENSICS. The two hip-hop legends have been teasing the project for a while, and today they ...

Yasiin Bey, the rapper, producer and actor once known as Mos Def, is back with his first new music in five years, the Money Christmas EP which is a Rhymesayers release. He doesn’t really do things ...

Remember how, during the lockdowns for COVID-19 in 2020, livestream performances were all the rage? Well, Yasiin Bey (who you might know as backpack rap pioneer Mos Def) hasn’t forgotten; he’ll be ...