Unfortunately for all of us, Drake cannot get over losing a rap battle he instigated with Kendrick Lamar two years ago. In ...

Despite his struggles with more than one major money flop, Anthony Mackie is still an actor in demand, but when he was ...

The rapper/actor is teaming with Scott-Heron’s 1970s collaborator for an event in Paris.

In a world first, composer Brian Jackson will bring back his late collaborator Gil Scott-Heron’s 1970s soul classics, ...

Talib Kweli rose to prominence with the rise of the Black Star duo with Mos Def– who’s an intelligent rapper in his own right ...

Dave Chappelle is joining Netflix Is a Joke 2026 with three nights of shows at the Hollywood Palladium. The streaming giant has announced that Chappelle will take over the iconic venue from May 7-9 ...

On this date in 1999, Brooklyn lyricist, actor, and social activist Yasiin Bey—who the Hip Hop world first knew as Mos Def—released his debut solo album Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus/Columbia ...

Last week, several news sites reported that rapper and political activist Yasiin Bey had canceled his U.S. tour. According to Together Boston’s website, Bey, also known as Mos Def, had been denied ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laila is carving her own lane in music, but not without a word of caution from her father Mos Def. In a recently uploaded ...

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 ...