As the holy time of Ramadan begins, there are detainies still continuing their protest of Guantanamo Bay through a hunger strike. Out of the 100…
It is difficult to come up with any good reasons to keep the stop and frisk laws around, considering there hasn’t been any…
Okay, so this might be one of the coolest ideas ever. Rappers always rep where they’re from, so why not put up street signs at…
Depending on who you ask, Philadelphia rapper Freeway is a rapper who has been slept on for his whole career. Others will say the only…
In a digital experience called “The Greatest Words” Louis Vuitton taps Yasiin Bey and calligrapher Niels Shoe Muelman to revisit the words of Muhammad Ali.…
We just saw Mos Def take it to the next level performing Waka Flocka Flame’s “Hard In Da Paint” in front of a 50-piece orchestra.…
Mos Def (who now goes by Yasiin Bey) has been working with the Brooklyn Philharmonic for a couple of years now. But tonight’s free performance in Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Restoration Park— his home neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY — will feature a bigger orchestra than ever, plus one very unusual collaboration that has to be seen to be believed. Mos will be performing an orchestral […]
Mos Def (who now goes by Yasiin Bey) has been working with the Brooklyn Philharmonic for a couple of years now. But tonight’s free performance…
Last month Mos Def, Mike Flo and dead prez released behind the scenes footage of them recording a Trayvon Martin tribute called, “Made You Die.”…
Yasiin Bey, aka Mos Def, has been tapped to star in the upcoming Jackie Brown prequel Switch alongside actor John Hawkes. According to Variety, the…
Last week Nas celebrated his new cover of XXL magazine with a show at NYC’s Webster Hall. Common, Nas, Mos Def and others joined him on stage to run through 20 years worth of his hip-hop hits. ( See more video at Missinfo.tv) RELATED POSTS: Tyler The Creator Interviews Nas For XXL Magazine Nas Ft. […]
Mos Def — multitalented rapper/singer/actor — has always looked for new challenges as a performer. Now he’s readying his next project — two concerts with this weekend with the acclaimed Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. And TheUrbanDaily was there to see it. Peep the exclusive video below of his rehearsal of the song “Revelations,” arranged for the […]
