Gil Scott-Heron, the now 59 year-old “Godfather of Hip-Hop,” wrote and sang this in the early 1980s: “I take pride in what’s mine—is that really a crime—When you know I ain’t got nothing else? / Only ...

“It is truly an honor and a privilege to stand on this stage before you in this present time and in any time. Respect to all of the legends who has stood here before,” says Yasiin Bey (born Dante ...

Beats by Dre got a rare interview with Yasiin Bey (formally known as Mos Def) who revealed why he's not living in the U.S. anymore. Last May Mos had trouble getting back into the states. The Brooklyn ...

The rapper once known as Mos Def may have to fork over nearly $100,000 in earnings from an upcoming show to pay off his baby mama’s attorney fees from their child-support battle, court papers show.

Mighty Mos Def sure has changed. Six years ago, he was the ultimate backpacker, dropping classic hit singles like “Universal Magnetic”; today, he’s acting in movies and making scat rap tracks like ...

Hip-hop artist Mos Def performed the track "Quiet Dog" last week on Late Night with David Letterman. The track comes from his recent release The Ecstatic, released June 9, 2009.

Like Mary J. Blige and First Lady Michelle Obama’s math and science initiatives, rapper/ actor Mos Def and neo-soul singer Goapele want to make math and science discovery appealing to kids of color.

It's been a strange, tumultuous week for Yasiin Bey, the talented Brooklyn-born rapper who used to go by the name Mos Def. Having overstayed a tourist visa granted to him by South Africa in 2013, ...

The last few years have witnessed the transformation of Brooklyn rapper Mos Def from underground icon to overground star, thanks to 1998's "Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star" and "Black on Both ...