Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) To Celebrate Muhammad Ali With “Time Is Always Now” Event
YASIIN BEY TO PRESENT NEW MUSIC AT “TIME IS ALWAYS NOW” EVENT
YASIIN BEY TO PRESENT NEW MUSIC AT “TIME IS ALWAYS NOW” EVENT
(AllHipHop News) Yasiin Bey (the artist formerly known as Mos Def ) is featured in a short film where he is brutally force-fed, to protest against the conditions of Guantanamo Bay for human right charity Reprieve. The Brooklyn born rapper re-enacts the procedure of prisoners on hunger strikes, in a four-minute clip created by award-winning […]
(AllHipHop News) The New York City Police Department’s “Stop-and-Frisk” policy is one of the most highly criticized police tactics in recent years. The New York Civil Liberties Union, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and The Bronx Defenders filed a federal class action lawsuit against the city, and as a result, a judge ordered that the NYPD stop enforcing the practice in front […]
Apology number 2: Yesterday, I posted a completely BS story and I want to say sorry about it. Apparently, it was some idiots idea of a prank or a joke and it dealt with the topic of rape. In my heart of hearts I felt it was bogus, but ran it anyway, sourcing another site. […]
WHO IS MOS DEF MAKING A WHOLE ALBUM WITH?
MOS DEF (YASIIN BEY) AND TALIB KWELI REUNITE AS BLACK STAR IN L.A. AND HIP-HOP ENSUES!
AFROPUNK: WHAT HIP-HOP WAS AND IS
VIDEO: ERYKAH BADU AND YASIIN BEY (MOS DEF) ROCK OUT AT AFROPUNK!
AHH STRAY NEWS: RICK ROSS RULES, YASIIN BEY TAKES ON MUSICAL, BIG SEAN TALKS ALBUM
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YASIIN BEY (AKA MOS DEF) DEAD PREZ AND MIKE FLO’S TRAYVON MARTIN TRIBUTE “MADE YOU DIE”
(AllHipHop News) In it’s second year, the Blue Note Jazz Festival has lined up such talent as Black Thought and ?uestlove of the legendary Roots crew, as well as Yasiin Bey and a plethora of others to perform at the June 10 event that will be held throughout the city of New York. “After an […]
Three years ago, music fans were ecstatic to hear that Jay Electronica, Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def, and Curren$y were forming a supergroup called Center Edge Territory. After only a few collaboration records between the three MCs, we still don’t have an album. Super producer Ski Beatz revealed in an interview with VIBE that the […]
Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def recently released a remix to The Throne’s “Ni**a’s In Paris” entitled “Ni**ga’s in Poorest” to commemorate the anniversary of Malcom X’s death. On the track Yasiin Bey takes the exact opposite approach that Kanye West and Jay-Z took on the track and instead raps about poverty and violence. The tone […]
YASIIN BEY (MOS DEF) DROPS THE “N****S IN POOREST” VISUALS, IN HONOR OF MALCOLM X AND WARNS FANS ABOUT “THE THRONE”!!!!!
THE RE:GENERATION MUSIC PROJECT IS UNLIKE ANY MUSIC FILM YOU’VE SEEN! STARRING DJ PREMIER, YASSIN BEY, AND MS. BADU!