Mos Def | Pop review

Forum, LondonTo a certain kind of hip-hop purist, Mos Def's lifts from classic rap songs and apparent abandonment of the art form in favour of a Hollywood acting career mark him out as a chancer, a bandwagon-jumper, almost a class traitor. Yet those who've stood by the erstwhile Dante Smith through his erratic rap career have had the last laugh. While so many of his peers are content to build their own brand, Mos Def is out on the music's front line, reminding us of its potential transformative ...

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