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.

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 ...

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" ...

“Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years,” the artist who no longer wants to be called Mos Def—but whom we will still probably call Mos Def— explained to MTV.

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.

Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, has been relatively quiet in the music scene since announcing his retirement in a Facebook live video in 2016. Yet he has continued to hint at music releases ...

Online for the first time, Mos Def's story from The FADER issue 3 provides a crucial reminder that the present is a product of the past. Plus, there's a cameo from Q-Tip.

Instead, Mos Def received a call from the play’s director, George C. Wolfe, who cast him opposite Jeffrey Wright in the two-man show. Wright portrays a onetime three-card-monte hustler named ...

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 changes his name -- twice -- on ‘Dexter’ By Greg Braxton Senior Writer, Culture and Representation Nov. 1, 2011 1:26 PM PT ...

American musician, actor and artist most commonly known as Mos Def was arrested this week in South Africa on charges of using a fake passport, after his U.S. passport expired while he and his ...

Mos Def has finalized a deal for a multi-episode arc on the sixth season of Dexter, according to sources. The actor and hip hop artist, who now goes by just Mos, will play a hardened ex-con who ...