Free Week 2026 brings 100-plus local bands to Austin's Red River Cultural District

Plan your Free Week 2026 in Austin with top show picks, venue tips, Hotel Vegas add-ons, and five can’t-miss Austin music ...
NME

Fans complain as Black Star met with boos for arriving on stage late and playing for just half an hour at Brixton Academy

Fans have been sharing their frustrations after Black Star arrived late to their London gig, and played for just half an hour. However, the two were late to the stage, beginning the set at 10:20pm, ...
The Source Magazine

Today in Hip-Hop History: Mos Def Released His Solo Debut ‘Black On Both Sides’ 26 Years Ago

On this date in 1999, Brooklyn lyricist, actor, and social activist Yasiin Bey—who the Hip Hop world first knew as Mos Def—released his debut solo album Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus/Columbia ...
Complex

Mos Def's Daughter Laila Says Her Father Warned Her to 'Stay Away From the Industry'

Laila is carving her own lane in music, but not without a word of caution from her father Mos Def. In a recently uploaded interview with Nessa on Hot 97, the 19-year-old singer-songwriter was asked ...
Essence

Mos Def, Goapele and NASA Help Kids Discover Space

Like Mary J. Blige and First Lady Michelle Obama’s math and science initiatives, rapper/ actor Mos Def and neo-soul singer Goapele want to make math and science discovery appealing to kids of color.
Essence

Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Announces Retirement, Pleads to Leave South Africa

Bey has spent the last week in the headlines after he was detained in South Africa for allegedly trying to leave the country using an illegal “world passport.” He used his audio message to rap his ...
Stereogum

Yasiin Bey & The Alchemist Announce Collab Album As FORENSICS

Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and the Alchemist are teaming up for a collaborative album under the name FORENSICS. The two hip-hop legends have been teasing the project for a while, and today they ...
Yahoo

Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 25 years later

Mos Def performs onstage with Gorillaz during the Meadows Music and Arts Festival - Day 2 at Citi Field on September 16, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images) There are a few ...
The Grio

Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 25 years later

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There are a few songs I vividly remember hearing (or seeing if the video ...
AOL

Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 25 years later

OPINION: “Black on Both Sides” managed to be political, entertaining and jammin’ in a way that few albums have managed since. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed ...
Drowned In Sound

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

upfront uk copies and at a much cheaper price to the us version. 'and dont call it a comeback' sings mos on the black star reunion track history, but its hard not too, after years in the wilderness ...