Madlib, producer for tracks by Kanye West, Mos Def and MF Doom, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, former manager of Stones Throw Records and founder of reissue label Now-Again.

Back in 2016, Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) announced his retirement from music after some legal trouble in South Africa. Now, however, it seems that he’s ready to come back to music, and ...

Black Star, the hip-hop duo composed of Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, are apparently working on a new album with Madlib. HipHopDX reports that Bey announced the news during a ...

Yasiin Bey, the artist formerly known as Mos Def, sat down with Vibe recently for an interview to coincide with yasiin bey: Negus, Bey's new art installation at the Brooklyn Museum. Negus contains an ...

Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) has announced that there's a new Black Star album on the way, and it's produced by legendary beatmaker, Madlib. Since that time, both emcees have etched their names in ...

Black Star, the legendary underground rap duo of Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, have been teasing a long-awaited followup to their classic 1998 debut Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star ...

One of hip-hop’s most celebrated collaborations may be in for a 2018 revival. During a surprise appearance at a Madlib DJ set in Denver on Saturday evening, Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) revealed that he ...

Black Star, the legendary rap duo of Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def), were recently spotted in the studio with Kanye West, and now Yasiin Bey announced on stage at a recent Madlib DJ set that ...

It appears that Black Star—the duo featuring Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and Talib Kweli—will soon return with new music. During a live show over the weekend, Yasiin Bey announced to the crowd that Black ...

This week’s new music Friday also features Jill Scott, Kodak Black, Pusha T and Danny Brown. Bey had first shared the news of a new Black Star album last year during a Madlib DJ set in Denver, ...

When the world first heard Mos Def's 2006 album, "True Magic," an offering executed with such apathy that copies were sold without liner notes or cover art, there was plenty of reason to worry that ...