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.

Hip-hop artist, singer and actor Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) has been detained by South African authorities after he attempted to leave the country to perform at a show in Ethiopia—and the ...

The last few years have witnessed the transformation of Brooklyn rapper Mos Def from underground icon to overground star, thanks to 1998's "Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star" and "Black on ...

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

Mos Def was one of those cats. From the opening bars, “From the first to the last of it, delivery is passionate, the whole ...

One of those big stars was rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry. He's played in the movie by Mos Def, an innovative rapper who's pushed hip-hop in new directions. Mos Def has also taken risks on a ...

WHEN TOPDOG/UNDER DOG, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that’s being hailed as one of the most exciting shows on Broadway, made its debut last summer at a downtown theater, Mos Def was in the ...

Cole makes the rounds. Yasiin Bey, aka Mos Def, made headlines in January when he classified Drake as pop and not Hip-Hop. Drake fired back at Bey with an Instagram post. Fast forward to May ...

Mos Def is a living embodiment of the progress hip-hop has made since the late ’70s. Today the genre’s artists are no longer just masters of ceremony, but multi-faceted entertainers.

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.

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 ...