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. I’m ...

The artist formerly known as Mos Def announced his retirement amid bitter legal woes in South Africa. We should be saddened: Black culture is better when Mos Def is part of it.

Mos Def's Big Band Vision Is Still Evolving. September 22, 2008. If there's one thing Mos Def has, it's ambition. The hip-hop superstar -- who's also an actor, musician and (like all good ...

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.

Mos Def is most definitely coming up short on his child support. The actor and rapper yesterday said he is doing his best to make the $10,000 monthly payment to his estranged wife, but business pro… ...

Mos Def appeared in court yesterday (Feb. 14) after filing for divorce from his wife, Maria Yepes-Smith. Mos Def, born Dante Smith, was ordered to pay $10,000 a month to support their 7- and 8 ...

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.

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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.

Mos Def and his entourage rolled up on a flatbed truck outside Radio City Music Hall in New York at 10 p.m. Thursday night and began an unscheduled performance for the crowd of fans outside the venue.

Rapper Mos Def does not consider Drake’s music to be hip-hop and is more suitable to be played while shopping at Target.. The 50-year-old rapper, who legally changed his name to Yasiin Bey, said ...

Mos Def was arrested Thursday for violating South African immigration laws and now has 14 days to leave the country. According to the Associated Press, the 42-year-old rapper entered South Africa ...