At this year’s Urbanworld Film Festival poet, professor and co-founder of the Black Arts Movement Sonia Sanchez screened her documentary Shaking Loose Memories . The film is directed by Jamal Joseph and combines interviews with Sanchez and performances of her poems by Amiri Baraka, T.C Carson and others. TheUrbandaily was given a few minutes with […]

In season 6 of Showtime's "Dexter," Mos Def will play a big role. According to EW.com, he'll play a victim (Brother Sam) who befriends the righteous serial killer Dexter.

Mos Def has announced that he will be retiring his name in 2011 and changing it to Yasiin.

We guess when you’re ‘the cream of rapper crop’ it’s hard to imagine who could fall into the same ranks as you. For Big Daddy Kane, he struggled to give TV One four artists he considered the best from Brooklyn. After himself, Biggie, Jay-Z and Mos Def, he paused and sarcastically asked “Wow, does it […]

Rap impressario Mos Def will take to the stage at the Fort Greene Festival in Brooklyn, Saturday, June 25th.  Actress and fellow Brooklynite Rosie Perez will host the event.  Included in the musical line up are rock-n-soul singer Res, Afro-Punk band Game Rebellion, and the violin playing hip-hop duo Nuttin But Stringz.  The Fort Greene Festival is […]

Mos Def debuted a brand new song, the appropriately titled “World Premiere” on Fuel.TV’s “The Daily Habit.”  The Madlib-produced track is rumored to appear on album that Mos is rumored to be working on.

Kanye West and Mos Def were searching for some drunk and hot girls but ended up at Lupe Fiasco’s show at The Blue Note Jazz Club. The frequent collaborators had more than two words for the audience as they freestyled over J-Dilla instrumentals courtesy of the Robert Glasper Experiment. Mr. West took a few moments […]

In the 2008 film, Step Brothers, Will Ferrell & John C. Reilley played the titular siblings.  At one point in the film, the two film a music video for a song called “Boats ‘N’ Hoes” which became one of the most memorable moments in the film.

While most people were impatiently awaiting the premiere of his Runaway short film, Kanye West slipped out his weekly “Good Friday” release a day late.

Gregory Isaacs, the iconic singer behind hits like “Night Nurse” has died in London at the age of 59. He succumbed to cancer of the liver.

I’ve always wondered why Kanye never officially teamed up with his Blackstar homies Mos Def and Talib Kweli. They’ve always seemed like a natural fit for each other after seeing how Kweli opened the door for one of the most successful acts in rap today by letting Kanye open up for him on his promotional […]

This latest freebie from Kanye West may be the best one yet. For his latest “G.O.O.D Friday” leak, “Lord, Lord, Lord” Yeezy recruits Mos Def, Raekwon, Swizz Beatz and Charlie Wilson.