Rolling Stone

Flashback: Mos Def and Talib Kweli Help Televise a Hip-Hop Revolution

For hip-hop fans, the significance of 1998 needs little explanation thanks to landmark works by Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Jay-Z, DMX, Big Pun, the Neptunes, the Cash Money and No Limit collectives, and ...
The Washington Post

Mos Def: He's Almost Everywhere

The last few years have witnessed the transformation of Brooklyn rapper Mos Def from underground icon to overground star, thanks to 1998's "Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star" and "Black on Both ...
The Grio

Reflecting on Sept. 29, 1998, the last great release date in hip-hop, and the legacy of those albums 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. I got robbed by a crackhead on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1998. While I wish that ...
Yahoo

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mos Def performs onstage with Gorillaz during the Meadows Music and Arts Festival - Day 2 at Citi Field on September 16, 2017 in ...
Gothamist

Mos Def For Dummies: A Look Back At The Career Of One Of NY's Finest

It's been a strange, tumultuous week for Yasiin Bey, the talented Brooklyn-born rapper who used to go by the name Mos Def. Having overstayed a tourist visa granted to him by South Africa in 2013, ...
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 ...