"I look to my left… and there's the motorcycle from motherf**king Purple Rain!" Nobody expected to be regaled with a yarn about meeting Prince when they bought a ticket to see Yasiin Bey in Melbourne ...

yasiin bey, the legendary artist formerly known as Mos Def, today announced a new partnership with Rhymesayers Entertainment, with the first release being the long-awaited reissue of his seminal 2009 ...

Mos Def played the first show of his The Ecstatic tour last Saturday night at First Avenue; it ended up being an early show due to Too Much Love, the club’s weekly dance night. Jay Electronica opened ...

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 ...

The fourth solo album from Mos Def, "The Ecstatic," gives listeners exactly what they expect out of such a title: Elaborate production and the slick rhymes of Def laid over some heavy beats. The ...

In the ’80s, the snooker player Steve Davis achieved near-total domination of his sport, while adopting a public persona of complete dreariness, to the extent that he was given the hugely ironic ...

At Sasquatch!, I gushed about Mos Def performing an excellent song, but I didn’t know what it was. Now I know it’s called “Supermagic,” and is a perfectly good reason to buy his album “The Ecstatic,” ...

Still have boring old t-shirts that doesn't include music from your favorite artist? No fear: Mos Def is rectifying this situation with the release of his new album 'The Ecstatic' via a wearable piece ...

Bey has announced a new partnership with Rhymesayers Entertainment, beginning with the Aug. 14 worldwide reissue of ...

The world has waited on the Mighty Mos for what seems like an eternity now. Sure, True Magic dropped in '06, but we couldn't even tell if it was really out or just a figment of Mos' imagination. And ...