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Celebrated Hip-Hop veterans ?uestlove and Black Thought of The Roots and the rapper formerly known as Mos Def, Yasiin Bey, will all bolster the second annual NYC Blue Note Jazz Festival  lineup beginning on June 10. The three-week festival will feature an abundance of notable artists spanning generations and genres throughout separate venues in the city. “After […]

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Quick note: Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman, has yet to be arrested. That said; Yasiin Bey, dead prez  and Mike Flo connected down in Florida to record a tribute song to the late teenager called “Made You Die.” The video below features behind the scenes footage of the MCs recording the track, which utilizes Nas’ “Made […]

Mos Def Talks Tyler, The Creator and Odd Future Long before Tyler, The Creator won a MTV Video Music Award, Goblin sold 100,000 independently, Frank Ocean become an overnight sensation or Odd Future landed a television, Mos Def’s “co-sign” of sorts helped OFWGKTA garner national attention. Now after a successful year for OF, the man […]

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Mos Def To Retire His Name At The End Of 2011, Renaming Himself Yasiin Mos Def has decided to retire his name at the end of this year. The Brooklyn emcee who is joining the cast of the Showtime hit series, Dexter told MTV2 that he is moving on from the name that has done […]

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Already working with HBO in the past, Mos-Def is an Emmy nominated actor and hopes to be in the category again soon, as he joins the cast for HBO’s upcoming comedy “Enlightened.” Written by Mike White and Laura Dern, the show revolves around the comedy star Dern as a self-destructive woman who decides to live […]

Conscious emcees Common and Mos Def have teamed up with Crazy Legs and Breakdance Project Uganda for a new film about the war torn country of Uganda. Bouncing Cats, is a documentary about Abraham “Abramz” Tekya, a Ugandan B-Boy and A.I.D.S. orphan who created Breakdance Project Uganda (B.P.U.). “[Hip-Hop] is where many people’s pride is,” […]