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Mos Def

The 2007 song Kanye West describes as “life-defining”

Messing with these drunk and hot girls…

Tiernan Cannon
May 26, 2026
Yasiin Bey - Mos Def - 2012

Why Mos Def refused to release an album during Ramadan

He didn’t want to be a distraction.

Tiernan Cannon
May 17, 2026
MF DOOM - Rapper - 2011

How MF DOOM convinced Mos Def he needed to buy a record player

“He rhymes as weird as I feel.”

Tiernan Cannon
Mar 27, 2026
Yasiin Bey - Mos Def - 2012

Mos Def’s biggest problem with modern rappers: “They know who they is”

“There’s a problem with those dudes, man.”

Tiernan Cannon
Mar 17, 2026
Slick Rick - Hip Hop Hero

The verse Slick Rick wrote from the perspective of an Iraq War soldier

“I’m a soldier in the middle of Iraq.”

Tiernan Cannon
Mar 11, 2026
Five hip-hop albums we want to hear in 2026

Five hip-hop albums we want to hear in 2026

Fingers crossed.

Joe Walker
Jan 8, 2026
Yasiin Bey - Mos Def - 2012

The iconic rapper Mos Def called his “favourite MC”

He’s “the archetype. Period.”

Tiernan Cannon
Dec 27, 2025
Yasiin Bey - Mos Def - 2012

The one song Mos Def snatched from Scarface: “I want that!”

Elementary, dear Mos Def.

Bea Isaacson
Dec 19, 2025
The five best Rawkus Records albums of all time

The five best Rawkus Records albums of all time

So many classics.

Tiernan Cannon
Dec 4, 2025
Yasiin Bey - Mos Def - 2012

Why Mos Def’s ‘Black on Both Sides’ is the greatest rap album of all time

A reminder of what hip-hop can do.

Tiernan Cannon
Oct 16, 2025
Hi-Tek - Tony Louis Cottrell - Rapper - Music Producer

Hi-Tek’s five best beats of all time

An underappreciated figure.

Tiernan Cannon
Oct 12, 2025
Yasiin Bey - Mos Def - 2012

The silly reason Mos Def dropped out of high school: “I was pretty impressed with myself”

“I’d discovered the phenomenon of…”

Joe Walker
Oct 10, 2025

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