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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.
Black Star is an American hip hop duo formed in 1996, from Brooklyn, New York City.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]
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]
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 ...
Filmmaker Jeff Baena, the husband of Aubrey Plaza, has died aged 47, a coroner has confirmed. The US director and screenwriter worked with American actress Plaza on 2014 horror film Life After ...
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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
It depicts Keys as a restaurant waitress, while rapper Yasiin Bey plays Michael Harris, her love interest. Taneisha Smith, one of Keys' partners from her former girl group, who co-wrote on several tracks on The Diary of Alicia Keys , [ 10 ] was supposed to play the video's second character but due to her pregnancy her role was taken over by ...