We all love Jay-Z and Kanye’s “N*ggas in Paris” even though most of us can only dream of the opulence they boast about in the catchy lyrics. Mos Def’s adopted an alter ago–Yasiin Bey and has released ...

Earlier this year, Kanye West’s The College Dropoutproved that hip-hop moralizing didn’t have to be dull-or, for that matter, particularly moral. On “Get Em High,” Kanye enlisted the straitlaced Talib ...

Mos Def was allegedly arrested in South Africa for fraudulent immigration documents, reports ABC news. The rapper appeared in South African court after being taken into custody at Cape Town’s airport.

In 2000, for The FADER's 3rd issue, we hung out with Mos Def—now known as Yasiin Bey—at New York's Empire Diner for his very first cover story. Mos Def is missing the Grammys. Holed up for the past ...