Is Laila! Really Mos Def’s Daughter? As it turns out… yes! She confirmed her parentage in an interview with Complex‘s Jordan Rose.While the interview hasn’t been published yet as of this ...

This is wild if it’s true. Mos Def is being linked to one of the latest rising stars, thanks to fans of the growing trend in live performance content platforms. It’s possible that you may have ...

Viral sensation and rising singer Laila! confirmed a certain rumor regarding her lineage during a recent sit-down with Complex. The “Like That” vocalist addressed whispers that her father is ...

When Laila! was four years old she wrote her first song. It was called “I’m Going to Do What I Want to Do When I Want to Do It.” It’s a mantra she’s followed ever since.

The rapper once known as Mos Def may have to fork over nearly $100,000 in earnings from gigs to pay off his baby mama’s attorney fees from their child-support battle.

The hip-hop artist and “Dexter” actor says that “it’s time to expand and move on.” By THR Staff Mos Def (real name: Dante Terrell Smith) will take a cue from P.Diddy by changing his ...

Mos Def has always known that it's kinda dangerous -- literally, physically -- to be an MC, but that awareness never kept him from the task of producing sharp, illuminating hip-hop.

By then, Mos Def will be well established in several other media. He's currently hosting "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry," a four-part HBO series celebrating rhythm and rhyme.

“The aim is high,” Mos Def told USA Today while sharing that his writing and rhyming skills have sharpened since arriving on the scene with the single Universal Magnetic, 12 years ago. ...

The debut album from Black Star, “Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star,” released on Sept. 29, 1998 (the greatest release date in hip-hop history) did not disappoint.

Mos Def is hoping to draw attention to what he sees as inequities in the U.S.' criminal justice system this weekend with the 10th annual "Black August" benefit concert at the Nokia Theater in New ...