Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 25 years later OPINION: “Black on Both Sides” managed to be political, entertaining and jammin’ in a way that few ...

Yasiin Bey—FKA Mos Def—unleashed sharp criticism on the modern music industry, likening its greed to the cartoon tycoon Scrooge McDuck.

The rapper once known as Mos Def may have to fork over nearly $100,000 in earnings from Erykah Badu gigs to pay off his baby mama's attorney fees.

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 ...

Mos Def insisted Drake is a “very talented MC,” and said he wasn’t trying to be “mean-spirited and unfair” with his take on Drizzy’s music.

Rapper Mos Def might have to fork over some of his earnings from Erykah Badu's "Unfollow Me" tour to pay off a baby mama.

Rapper Mos Def does not consider Drake's music to be hip-hop and is more suitable to be played while shopping at Target.

Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def, has racked up years of credibility in rap since launching his career in 1994. On a new episode of the fashion podcast The Cutting Room Floor, he was asked if he ...

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 ...

Madlib, producer for Mos Def, Kanye West and others, filed suit against his former manager for financial mismanagement.

On this date in 1999, Rapper/actor/social activist Yasiin Bey, who was formally recognized by the Hip Hop world as Mos Def, released his first solo album, Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus ...

OPINION: “Black on Both Sides” managed to be political, entertaining and jammin’ in a way that few albums have managed since.