Dante “Mos Def” Smith walks the walk and talks the talk — literally. This past May, he led me on a four-hour interview ramble around Manhattan’s SoHo and West Village, stopping into bodegas and smoke ...

Yasiin Bey, fka Mos Def, recently wrapped up a run of US dates, including a show in Chicago with Malik Yusef, Abel Black and Ty Money. We caught that show, and pictures from it are in this post. Now ...

Yasiin Bey, the socially conscious rapper formerly known as Mos Def, released a single and participated in a politically charged interview following this weekend’s devastating Paris attacks. Talking ...

The air is thick with smoke at DepArtment, a club located at the end of an alley off of Auguststrasse is Berlin's Mitte district. Vans is hosting an event to kick off the launch of their Spring OTW ...

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 ...

Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def has joined the chorus of musicians responding to last night's attacks in Paris with a new song "NO Colonial Fiction." The rapper and activist also spoke with Ferrari Sheppard on ...

Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and ...

In 2000, for The FADER's 3rd issue, we hung out with Mos Def—now known as Yasiin Bey—at New York's Empire Diner for his very first cover story. Mos Def is missing the Grammys. Holed up for the past ...

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. Yasiin Bey—better known as Mos Def— is clarifying his ...