Jeffrey Wright and Mos Def first performed together in the 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway production of Topdog/Underdog, then followed that success with the film Cadillac Records, in 2008. Now ...

Love shopping at Target? Bed Bath & Beyond? Then Drake’s music just might be for you. Yasiin Bey—better known as Mos Def—recently sat down for an interview with The Cutting Room Floor podcast, where ...

Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur ponders Drake as “pop” and offers a different view on the Canadian hit maker than Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey. As we stride toward the 51st year of Hip-Hop, there’s a curious twist: ...

Mos Def and human rights group Reprieve made a video featuring the hip-hop artist being force-fed, replicating the standard operating procedure observed at Guantanamo Bay for the detainees that remain ...

Temporary stoppage funding has been passed through the Senate to reopen the federal government through Jan. 30 in exchange for a near-future vote on ACA funding. 29 minutes ago In a post-performance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laila is carving her own lane in music, but not without a word of caution from her father Mos Def. In a recently uploaded ...

During a lengthy video posted on his Instagram, Yasiin Bey attempted to clarify his comments about the “For All The Dogs” rapper. During an interview on “The Cutting Room Floor,” Bey (formerly Mos Def ...

One of the most anticipated podcast appearances is now on hold. Sources say Dave Chappelle has asked that his Drink Champs episode with Black Star be shelved.

On this date in 1999, Brooklyn lyricist, actor, and social activist Yasiin Bey—who the Hip Hop world first knew as Mos Def—released his debut solo album Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus/Columbia ...