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Yasiin Bey was born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973, in Brooklyn, New York City, [8] the son of Sheron Smith and Abdulrahman Smith. [9] The eldest of 12 children and step-children, he was raised by his mother in Brooklyn, while his father lived in New Jersey.
The discography of Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, an American rapper, consists of four solo albums, two compilation albums, and several singles. Bey began his hip hop career in 1994 in the underground rap group UTD (Urban Thermo Dynamics) alongside his sibling group members DCQ and Ces, after which he pursued a solo career. [ 1 ]
Yasiin Bey, the musician formerly known as Mos Def, will portray jazz piano legend Thelonious Monk in the biopic “Thelonious,” which is slated to begin production in the summer of 2022. The ...
Black Star is an American hip hop duo from Brooklyn, New York.Formed in 1996, the duo is composed of rappers Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli.The duo is named after The Black Star Line, a shipping company founded by Marcus Garvey. [2]
Yasiin Bey was announced as the star of a Thelonious Monk biopic on Wednesday, but as of Thursday, he appeared to be backing out the project in the wake of complaints coming from the late jazz ...
She wrote her debut single "Like That!", in 2023 when she was 16. [3] In 2024, she announced her first album, Gap Year!. [4] Half of this album was made at home in her bedroom. [5]
A heart-wrenching tale of survival and loyalty emerged from Maine after a 72-year-old woman was found alive in the woods near her husband’s dead body.Pamela Helmstadter survived four nights of ...
Turhan Bey (1922–2012), Austrian born, American actor; Tyler Bey (born 1998), American basketball player; Yasiin Bey (better known by the stage name Mos Def, born 1973), American rap singer; Yusef Bey (1935–2003), American Black Muslim activist; Yusuf Bey IV (born 1986), son of Yusef Bey, convicted of murdering a journalist