Mos Def

Taking a break from his budding comedy career, Yasiin Bey blesses us with a rare new video for "Basquiat Ghostwriter." The clip is shot in a surveillance/thermal camera style and features quick cuts of Basquiat spray painting buildings, Mos recording in the booth, shot os famous art work and more ...

Yasiin Bey is charged up. Inspired, or annoyed, maybe, by the ongoing Drake vs. Meek Mill beef, the rapper formerly known as Mos Def laid down the gauntlet and challenged any rapper in the game to a battle. In a video posted on YouTube, Bey puts his foot down and takes shots at the battle records put out by Drake and Meek Mill and says he, Black Thought and King Los will take on anybody ... Read

Yasiin Bey's stand-up comedy career started in earnest at the Phi Centre in Montreal, Canada this week. MTLiens were on the scene to catch the performance and posted a few clips on thei rYouTube page and from the looks of it, Bey has a future in the stand-up game ...

A photo posted by @elliottwilson on Aug 2, 2015 at 11:28am PDT Fans at Osheaga Festival in Montreal were treated to an unexpected bonus, last night. Kendrick Lamar headlined the Canadian showcase and during his set he brought out Yasiin Bey who he happened to notice was taking in the show from the side of the stage...

When A$AP Rocky told reporters earlier this year that his sophomore album would shy away from his debut's blatant commercial plays (like his Skrillex collaboration, "Wild for the Night," or the Kendrick Lamar-, 2 Chainz- and Drake-featuring "Fuckin' Problems"), some observers may have expected an understated effort...

Beats by Dre got a rare interview with Yasiin Bey (formally known as Mos Def) who revealed why he's not living in the U.S. anymore. Last May Mos had trouble getting back into the states. The Brooklyn rapper revealed that it's hard for him to be creative in the U.S. ...

Though Dilla Day is observed each February, Yasiin Bey--the artist formerly known as Mos Def--is extending the celebration by a quarter of a year. This June 11, Bey will hit indigo at London's O2 arena to pay tribute to the late producer and MC, rapping over nothing but Dilla tracks in the process. (in...

A$AP Rocky has been going by the moniker Pretty Flacko for years now but didn't start calling himself that until he got approval from the original Pretty Flacko, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def. While out in London Rocky paid homage to mighty Mos by bringing the fellow NY MC out to perform "Ms ...

Happy born day to Yasiin Bey.

Since early August, the streets of Ferguson, Mo., a predominately black suburb of St. Louis, have been our nightly news programming. The death of a young black college student, Michael Brown, at the hand of a white police officer sparked a series of protests that have yet to cease, many of which spread to other major American cities...