Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), better known by the stage name Mos Def and Yasiin Bey, is a rapper and actor. He began rapping in...read more on Last.fm →
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Lauren Ziegler
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Aug 18, 2015
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I'm a huge Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) fan, so any new music from the legendary rapper is good news. This week, Bey released something a little different. "Basquiat Ghostwriter" borrows a sample from album Shades Of..., by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's shor...
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Tobias Handke
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Dec 22, 2014
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Say what you like about Yasiin Bey (the artist formerly known as Mos Def), but the one thing you can't deny is that the kid can rap. Now residing in Cape Town, South Africa, the rapper has collaborated with local artist Petite Noir on his first singl...
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sweeney kovar
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Apr 3, 2013
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In 1999, Mannie Fresh had just produced "Back That Azz Up" for Juvenile, a song that would introduce to a great cross section of America the beginning of Lil Wayne. That same year, Mos Def, a young strong-willed MC from Brooklyn, New York made his de...
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