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.

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.

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 and film star Mos Def announced he will change his name at the end of the year to Yasiin, the name of the 36th surah, or chapter, of the Quran. According to Entertainment Weekly, Mos Def ...

Enter Mos Def and his seminal 1999 underground masterpiece, Black on Both Sides, an album that satisfied the cravings of fans for old school simplicity.

“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 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, who initially made his mark as an actor, has always moved in the latter direction, shunning the low-life approach for an intellectual and socially conscious spew worthy of W.E.B. DuBois.

The whole debate sparked from a chat on The Cutting Room Floor, where Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) labeled Drake as “pop.” He said, “Drake is pop to me, in the sense like if I was in a Target in ...

Mos Def has recorded with Talib Kweli as Black Star and released four solo albums. He has also appeared in more than 40 movies and TV shows, including "The Italian Job" and "Dexter." ...

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.