Soul Sides — Question from Damien: “I was wondering today…who introduced the RnB/Soul side to the hip hop? The one we can hear in Mos Def’s or The Pharcyde’s tracks? Was there any tension about this at the time, some kind of opposition between the aggress... more info

Consequence of Sound — Circa 2006. more info

Soul Sides — Question from Philippe: “I’d like to know what happened to Mike Zoot, that NYC MC that released records on Guesswhyld Records, Tommy T Records and recorded with Mos Def, Shabaam Sahdeeq? I asked Bam and Spinna but never got any reply.” Answer... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Actress Hailee Steinfeld (1996) Actor Rider Strong (1979) Rapper Mos Def (1973) Actress Mo'nique (1967) CSI star Gary Dourdan (1966) Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx (1958) ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Another banging, but conscious entry in the Top 40 Underdog series more info

Guardian Music — Animal Collective | Mark Kozelek | Holograms | Robert Glasper Experiment | Marilyn Crispell/Eddie Prevost/Harrison Smith | The Pilgrim's ProgressAnimal Collective, On tourAn Animal Collective show takes inspiration from 90s raves, 70s soundsystems an... more info

KEXP Seattle — If you live in the Pacific NW, chances are you know about The Physics, the young up and coming rap group from Seattle. And if you like rap or poetry and are between the ages of 50 and 10, you probably know who Mos Def is, the liminal poet/rapper who ... more info

Prefix — While performing on tour at The Shrine in Chicago, Yasiin Bey (a.k.a. Mos Def) sat down for a rather more info

Prefix — It was towards the end of 2011 when acclaimed Brooklyn lyricist Mos Def officially changed his stage name ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/yasiin-bey-explains-name-change-discusses-fashion-/68959/ more info

Perez Hilton — What a smooth crew indeed! Fat Joe's music video for newest tune Pride and Joy must pride itself on having maybeeee the most cameos in a music video ever… And half of the surprise visitors aren't even singing/rhyming!! Watch as Fat Joe, Kanye West,... more info