Talib Kweli had this to say... "As many of you know, Mos Def is taking some time off from the Breed Love Odyssey tour. I do not know what Mos is going through, but whatever it is, it is enough to make ...

Chess Records has long been overshadowed by two other legendary black music labels, Motown and Stacks. But it's now getting its time in the spotlight with the new film called "Cadillac Records." The ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There are a few songs I vividly remember hearing (or seeing if the video ...

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.

If ever there is a genre of music caught in a permanent state of limbo, it has to be alternative hip-hop. Once alternative artists are discovered and break through into the mainstream, they are ...

The 6 God is a mastermind with the subliminal shade, apparently. Drake has broken the internet again with his latest social media stunt that has people believing he’s subliminally shading Mos Def ...

Joey Badass covered Mos Def’s “UMI Says” in the latest edition of Australian radio station Triple J’s Like a Version series. Backed by a live band featuring rising Zimbabwe-born, Melbourne-based ...

Mos def should really be talking about his new movie The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but it’s late in the evening, he’s been talking about it all day and, to be perfectly frank, he’s a little ...

On Sunday, June 11 the Alamo City's famed AT&T Center played host to Grammy award-winning R&B artist Erykah Badu and her Unfollow Me tour. Joined on the 25-city excursion by rapper Mos Def, the Dallas ...

Mos Def performs onstage with Gorillaz during the Meadows Music and Arts Festival - Day 2 at Citi Field on September 16, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images) There are a few ...

OPINION: “Black on Both Sides” managed to be political, entertaining and jammin’ in a way that few albums have managed since. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed ...