Dante Terrell Smith-Bey was born December 11, 1973. He is an American actor and MC known by the stage name Mos Def. Mos Def started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics. With Talib Kweli, Mos Def formed the duo Black Star, who released the album Black Star in 1998. As a solo artist Mos Def has released the albums Black on Both Sides in 1999, The New Danger in 2004, True Magic in 2006, and The Ecstatic in 2009.
On Mos Def's 2004 album The New Danger, he took his penchant for experimentation to a new level. Most of the songs were more hip-hop flavored stylings of blues and rock, with fewer raps thrown in. This threw off fans who were expecting another full-blown rap album. The New Danger also featured the controversial song, "The Rape Over," a parody of Jay-Z's The Blueprint hit "Takeover". His label made him take the song off releases of the album, citing clearance issues with Jay-Z and The Doors, a band which the song samples. The song has garnered controversy over its veiled reference to Israeli-American record executive Lyor Cohen the "tall Israeli" who then was head of the The Island Def Jam Music Group.
In April 2008 Mos Def appeared on the title track for a new album by The Roots entitled Rising Down. Mos Def will be performing in UK this year. Get your Mos Def Tickets from Sold Out Ticket Market at nominal rates.
On Mos Def's 2004 album The New Danger, he took his penchant for experimentation to a new level. Most of the songs were more hip-hop flavored stylings of blues and rock, with fewer raps thrown in. This threw off fans who were expecting another full-blown rap album. The New Danger also featured the controversial song, "The Rape Over," a parody of Jay-Z's The Blueprint hit "Takeover". His label made him take the song off releases of the album, citing clearance issues with Jay-Z and The Doors, a band which the song samples. The song has garnered controversy over its veiled reference to Israeli-American record executive Lyor Cohen the "tall Israeli" who then was head of the The Island Def Jam Music Group.
In April 2008 Mos Def appeared on the title track for a new album by The Roots entitled Rising Down. Mos Def will be performing in UK this year. Get your Mos Def Tickets from Sold Out Ticket Market at nominal rates.
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