Earlier this year, Kanye West’s The College Dropoutproved that hip-hop moralizing didn’t have to be dull-or, for that matter, particularly moral. On “Get Em High,” Kanye enlisted the straitlaced Talib ...

Mos Def was allegedly arrested in South Africa for fraudulent immigration documents, reports ABC news. The rapper appeared in South African court after being taken into custody at Cape Town’s airport.

You know we love tea about new couples over here, and you also know that we like to snoop on social media for clues. That being said, we couldn’t help but wonder if Zoe Kravitz is dating Yasiin Bey, ...

In 2000, for The FADER's 3rd issue, we hung out with Mos Def—now known as Yasiin Bey—at New York's Empire Diner for his very first cover story. Mos Def is missing the Grammys. Holed up for the past ...

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, ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The American rapper/actor formerly known as Mos Def was arrested in South Africa and given 14 days to leave for violating local immigration laws, a government spokesman said Friday ...