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Mos Def

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Born
11 December 1973 (age 46)
Born In
Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), now known by the stage name Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), is a Grammy Award-nominated rapper and actor. He now works under the nom de plum Yasiin Bey, and has performed under the aliases Mighty Mos Def, The Freaky Night Watchman, Boogie Man, Black Dante and Pretty Flaco. He began rapping in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics in 1994, and then formed the duo Black Star with Talib Kweli in 1998. As a solo artist he has released the albums Black on Both Sides in 1999, The New Danger in 2004, True Magi… read more
Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), now known by the stage name Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), is a Grammy Award-nominated rapper and actor. He now works under the nom de plum Yasiin Bey, and has performed under the aliases Mighty Mos Def, The Fr… read more
Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), now known by the stage name Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), is a Grammy Award-nominated rapper and actor. He now works under the nom de plum Yasiin Bey, and has performed under the aliases Mighty Mos Def, The Freaky Night Watchman, Boogie Man, Black Dante and Pretty Flaco. He began … read more

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1 Play track Black On Both Sides Ms. Fat Booty
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2 Play track Black On Both Sides Mathematics
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3 Play track Black On Both Sides UMI Says
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4 Play track Black On Both Sides Hip Hop
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5 Play track The New Danger Sunshine
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7 Play track Black On Both Sides Love
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8 Play track Black On Both Sides Fear Not of Man
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9 Play track We Are Hip Hop • Me • You • Everybody, Part 2 Oh No
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10 Play track Mos Definite Do It Now
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Albums

  1. 588,466 listeners

    1 Jan 1999 · 17 tracks

    Black On Both Sides
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  2. 368,748 listeners

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    The Ecstatic
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  3. 169,604 listeners

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    The New Danger
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  4. 63,245 listeners

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