Mos Def
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Biography
A child star who started acting in TV roles alongside Bill Cosby at the age of 14, Mos Def steadily built a film career, while becoming one of the most acclaimed rappers of his generation. He formed the group Urban Thermo Dynamics with his brother and sister but started making waves as a solo guest on tracks by De La Soul and Bush Babees, before teaming up with Talib Kweli for the acclaimed album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998). His debut Black On Both Sides (1999) showed a socially conscious style, not afraid to delve into genres such as jazz, blues and rock in the mould of A Tribe Called Quest or Gil Scott Heron; but his attentions turned back to acting with roles in the films Monster's Ball, The Italian Job and Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. Led by the single Sex, Love & Money, he returned with the successful US Number 5 album The New Danger (2004) and was nominated for a Grammy Award for fourth album The Ecstatic (2009). He has collaborated with Gorillaz, Black Keys and DJ Shadow and remains one of the most literate and politically active voices in hip hop.
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- Track Popularity
- Ms. Fat Booty
- Umi Says
- Mathematics
- The Boogie Man Song
- Fear Not Of Man
- Universal Magnetic
- It Ain't My Fault featuring Mos Def
- This Means You featuring Mos Def
- Hip Hop
- Double Trouble by Mos Def
- New World Water
- Oh No featuring Nate Dogg
- Love
- Body Rock featuring Q-Tip
- Corners featuring Scarface
- Saturday Nite featuring Mos Def
- High Drama Pt 3: The Search For 2 featuring Mos Def
- Living for Today by Mos Def
- 2 Words by Mos Def
- Back Home featuring Mos Def
- Beef
- Excellence by Mos Def
- High Drama part 3: The Search for 2 featuring Sean J Period
- BMT by Biz Markie
