Yasiin Bey began his career as a child actor before rising to fame as Mos Def in Hip Hop and film. His 2011 name change reflected a personal and artistic transformation. These photos highlight his ...

The day that Barclays Center opened, late last September, Yasiin Bey (the former Mos Def) was in his adopted home of New Orleans, fielding a stream of calls. “People were asking, ‘Are you gonna be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simmons’ original Def Poetry Jam was a spoken-word poetry series hosted by Mos Def that ran on HBO from 2002-07. It was a spinoff ...

Rapper/actor Mos Def, who is now going by the name Yasiin Bey, apparently, is a fifth-generation Brooklynite. Understandably, he was none too pleased about the Barclays Center showing up and hastening ...