Brooklyn, NY – Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and Talib Kweli — collectively known as Black Star — have announced they’ll be closing out 2018’s Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival on July 14.
The performance comes with a panel on “The Making of the Black Star Album,” which will detail the behind-the-scenes of the duo’s seminal (and only) album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, which turns 20 in September. More
Yasiin Bey, the rapper formerly known as Mos Def, brought Slick Rick and Pharoahe Monch to the stage during his first farewell show at the Apollo Theater in New York on Wednesday evening.
Both cameos can be seen in a 50-minute fan-shot video, with Monch taking the stage first around the 21:15 mark to perform “Oh No,” a 2000 single that also featured Nate Dogg and appeared…
After missing their originally stated release date, Dec. 99th, the duo of Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and the producer Ferrari Sheppard, have finally released their debut album. Tidal subscribers can stream December 99th below; non-subscribers can listen to…
Yasiin Bey, the rapper formerly known as Mos Def, announced the debut album for his December 99th project, his collaboration with producer Ferrari Sheppard. December 99th is fittingly due out on December 9th.
The duo’s nine-track December 99th features previously released cuts “N.A.W.” and “Local Time” (but not “HYMN”). The duo “spent the last year recording in South Africa” while Bey “awaited his departure from the country,” the duo said in a statement (
Dec. 99th is the collaborative project of Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and the producer Ferrari Sheppard. Today, the duo have announced their debut album, December 99th, out December 9. According to a press release, they “spent the last year recording in South Africa” while Yasiin Bey “awaited his departure from the country.” The album was produced entirely by Ferrari Shepard, and it includes the previously released “Local Time,” “N.A.W.,” and “Seaside Panic…
Yasiin Bey — formerly known as Mos Def — will say goodbye to fans in a series of concerts in December in New York and Washington, D.C.
The hip-hop star has announced he is retiring from the music…