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Musician, filmmaker, writer and producer Jeymes Samuel —best known as The Bullitts— returns with a visual for his most recent track, “They Die By Dawn.”

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As the New York Police Department contends with an explosive trial regarding its “stop-and-frisk” policy, a Hip-Hop legend joins in to call out the controversial practice. Yasiin Bey released a PSA yesterday (May 21) addressing the NYPD and its allegedly racist policy. 

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There has been an official Kanye West sighting. Last night in Paris, Yasiin Bey, f/k/a Mos Def, brought out Yeezy, who in turn performed his hit song “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.”

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Slowly but surely, you know longer have to add an “aka Mos Def” when you say Yasiin Bey. However, this tune, the Kanye West produced “The Light Is Not Afraid of The Dark” is from before the name change and sounds like vintage freshness.

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The church of Hip-Hop can always use more Yasiin Bey. The artist still known as the Mighty Mos Def drops “Black Jesus,” a collaboration with legendary Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh.

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Yaasin Bey has been rather giving with the unreleased material lately. The first instance came just days ago, when footage of the Brooklyn native performing an unheard track produced by Kanye West, titled “The Light is Not Afraid of the Dark,” in Chicago surfaced. Today, we got wind that the artist formerly known as Mos […]

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Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, hasn’t released a proper album since 2009’s The Ecstatic. With a body of work that stretches back to the 1990s, Bey has a vault of classic jams to rock. Case in point, the Brooklyn veteran thrilled fans last Friday (March 15) in Chicago by unleashing an unreleased jam […]

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This, is a heater. The Bullitts drop a song called “They Die By Dawn” featuring Yasiin Bey (f/k/a the mighty Mos Def), the enigmatic Jay Electronica and actress Lucy Liu. That line up means that an in depth explanation is necessary.

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Mannie Fresh and Yasiin Bey may seem like a peculiar combination, but the former Cash Money Records producer has confirmed that the pair has completed the upcoming OMFGOD album. The New Orleans native also spoke about his work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music team, his friendship with Mystikal and more in an exclusive interview. 

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Yasiin Bey isn’t one to mince words, and last week he released a poem lamenting about the brand new Barclays Center arena in his beloved hometown. Although the piece, titled “On center.stadium.status,” could have been seen as a jab toward Jay-Z, Bey cleared the air in an interview saying that is not the case.

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Hip-Hop fans have long known that Yasiin Bey aka the Mighty Mos Def is superb poet. Now readers of The Paris Review will recognize as well since one of the Brooklyn native’s poems has been published in the renowned literary publication.

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So, Yasiin Bey has an ongoing Top 40 Underdog series, and forthcoming project. This is where we mention that the last drop was back in the spring. Nevertheless, today we get the latest installment with a tune called “I Don’t Like.”