ContactMusic — Hip-hop stars Mos Def and Talib Kweli have axed a string of upcoming U S tour dates The duo performing together as Black Star was due to play shows in cities including New York Los Angeles Las Vegas and Cincinnati Ohio this month Oct11 but unfor... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mos Def at House of Blues Chicago w/ Black Star on 9/23 (more by Zach Pollack) Back on 9/28, just five days after Black Star played two shows in Chicago, Talib Kweli tweeted that "Due to irreconcilable differences with Live... more info

Perez Hilton — The trailer for Mark Wahlberg's Contraband has finally hit the web, and it looks like The Italian Job without the jokes and Mos Def being awesome. In fact, they even mention a Mini Cooper in the trailer. Seriously. It does look decent though, as far ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG The artist soon to be formerly known as Mos Def at Rock The Bells (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Countdown is on. Only 3 months and 10 days left of "Mos Def":Following a lengthy line of rappers that... more info

Perez Hilton — Like those before him, Mos Def is retiring his stage name for a new one. But this name change isn't just for the sake of restlessness. It's for religion. Born as Dante Smith, the rapper/actor coverted to Islam as a teenager. More in tune with his ... more info

ContactMusic — Mos Def is set to change his name by the end of the year and will call himself Yasiin Im actually doing it Im retiring the name Mos Def after 2011 he told Mtv com Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years its a name that... more info

Guardian Music — We were liveblogging, red carpeting and, er, red wining at the Mercurys as Polly Jean walked away victorious. As for you? You were mostly slagging off the Beatles ...All the chatter from this year's Mercury prizeRebecca Nicholson gives Mercury prize ... more info

E! Online — Names are like suits, apparently: You can take off the one you're wearing and try another one on for size. Hey, it worked for Sean Combs, multiple times. And people continued to love... more info

Guardian Music — The man known to his mum as Dante Smith will start calling himself Yasiin next yearMos Def is to retire his long-time performing alias at the end of this year. "It's time to expand and move on," the rapper said, explaining that he will start calling ... more info

NME — Rapper's new moniker means 'Rich' in Arabic more info