Yasiin Bey, the artist formerly known as Mos Def, sat down with Vibe recently for an interview to coincide with yasiin bey: Negus, Bey's new art installation at the Brooklyn Museum. Negus contains an ...

Black Star, the legendary underground rap duo of Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, have been teasing a long-awaited followup to their classic 1998 debut Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star ...

Madlib, producer for tracks by Kanye West, Mos Def and MF Doom, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, former manager of Stones Throw Records and founder of reissue label Now-Again.

Last week, the duo confirmed that No Fear of Time will release on May 3rd exclusively on podcast platform Luminary, where Bey and Kweli co-host podcast The Midnight Miracle with Dave Chappelle. Last ...

Black Star, the legendary hip-hop duo comprised of Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, has officially announced their first album in almost 24 years, No Fear of Time. The followup ...

Last week, Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey announced that their seminal hip-hop supergroup, Black Star, would be returning with their first new album since 1998’s cult classic, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are ...

Black Star have shared the first track from their upcoming album No Fear of Time, which is Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Talib Kweli’s first album together since their 1998 debut. “Mineral Mountain” ...

When the world first heard Mos Def's 2006 album, "True Magic," an offering executed with such apathy that copies were sold without liner notes or cover art, there was plenty of reason to worry that ...

Three years since highlighting his musical self, Mos Def is more than ready to reestablish himself in the eyes of the rap community with the release of his forthcoming opus The Ecstatic. For the ...

Yesterday (June 3) reports hit the net that Mos Def’s new album, The Ecstatic, had been pushed back to August, but Pretty Flaco’s new label Downtown Records has denied the rumors. In an email the ...