Mos Def has announced that he will be dropping the name "Mos Def" by the end of this year, and will henceforth be known on record as Yasiin. "I’m retiring the Mos Def name after 2011.

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. For the past ...

Renaissance men David Bowie and Mos Def chop it up about fame, fashion, and the pursuit of happiness. This feature appears in Complex's August/September 2003 issue. Style isn't skin deep.