Gil Scott-Heron, the now 59 year-old “Godfather of Hip-Hop,” wrote and sang this in the early 1980s: “I take pride in what’s mine—is that really a crime—When you know I ain’t got nothing else? / Only ...

NEW YORK — Yasiin Bey — formerly known as Mos Def — will say goodbye to fans in a series of concerts in December in New York and Washington, D.C. The hip-hop star has announced he is retiring from the ...

Remember how, during the lockdowns for COVID-19 in 2020, livestream performances were all the rage? Well, Yasiin Bey (who you might know as backpack rap pioneer Mos Def) hasn’t forgotten; he’ll be ...

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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 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 ...

Gorillaz are currently on a short North American tour behind this year’s funky The Now Now, and the band stopped at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Saturday (10/13), which was packed with tons of ...