Yasiin Bey

album review May 4, 2022

The Improbable Return of Black StarIt’s been 24 years since Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli released an album together. Was it worth the wait?

By Craig Jenkins

casting July 21, 2021

Yasiin Bey, Formerly Mos Def, Won’t Play Thelonious Monk Without Estate ApprovalThe musician said he was under the impression the family was “onboard.”

By Zoe Haylock

last night on late night Dec. 23, 2016

Watch Yasiin Bey and Ferrari Sheppard, as Dec. 99th, Perform TogetherIn their TV debut.

By Kaitlin Fontana

freedom Nov. 22, 2016

Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Allowed to Leave South Africa After Long Legal BattleHe won’t be permitted to reenter the country.

By Dee Lockett

retirements Jan. 20, 2016

Yasiin Bey Announces Retirement, Final Album“I’m retiring from the music recording industry as it is currently assembled today, and also from Hollywood, effective immediately.”

By Dee Lockett

paris Nov. 16, 2015

Yasiin Bey Shares Song, Tells ISIS to ‘F*** Off’“[ISIS doesn’t] represent nothing about Islam or nothing about the Prophet.”

By Sean Fitz-Gerald

protests July 8, 2013

Yasiin Bey, the Former Mos Def, Got Force-FedFor a human rights video.

By Amanda Dobbins

brooklyn Feb. 10, 2013

Mos Def on His Barclays Center Poem and Jay-ZOn Thursday, we wrote about Yasiin Bey’s new poem, which concerns Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center. Here is our extended transcript.

By Amos Barshad

where brooklyn at? Feb. 7, 2013

Former Mos Def Poetry-Slams the Barclays CenterYasiin Bey hopes for a summit meeting with Jay-Z and Harry Belafonte to discuss the arena’s effect on Brooklyn.

By Amos Barshad

fat joe Aug. 27, 2012