He has a net worth of well over 5 million dollars. He always had a love for theatrical arts so his roles in films are really jobs but also hobbies. He married Alana Wyatt in 2005 and the couple has stayed together since.ĭef has endorsement deals with Louis Vuitton, Visa, and GMC. Mos Def was married to Maria Yepes from 1996 to 2005. The artist formerly known as Mos Def and his Black Star partner Talib Kweli have been working on and off on the follow-up to 1998’s critically acclaimed project, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black. He likes to write and think as well as be an agent of change for the people he influences. He also likes listening to old school hip hop like A Tribe Called Quest. He enjoys doing a lot of philanthropic work and has collaborated/donated to charities such as Be the Change and the Common Ground Foundation. He is famous for not siding with Democrats and exposes the flaws in the Bipartisan agenda. He also is an activist for police brutality and fighting the subjugated state of black Americans. Mos Def Political Viewsĭef is known for fighting American Exceptionalism, the idea the United States has Divine right to expand and conquer. He took his shahada at 19, which is the Muslim Declaration of Faith. His father was a member of the Nation of Islam but wasn’t in Def’s life much so the future rapper wasn’t exposed to Islam until he was 13. Two prominent films he played in were The Italian Job and 16 Blocks. Mos Def also hosted the Def Jam Poetry show which aired on HBO from 2002 to 2007. They released their first album in 1998 and Def released his first solo album in 1999 called Black on Both Sides. He has also gained a reputation as being a talented actor, appearing in a slew of films over the years. The group is called Black Star and is known today as one of the powerful conscious hip hop forces. He then appeared on a couple albums and soon formed the hip hop duo with fellow artist, Talib Kweli. Def formed a group with his siblings for a brief period in the hip hop group, ‘Urban Thermo Dynamics’ in 1994. He was born to Sheron Smith and Abdul Rahman and was the eldest of 12 children and step-children. Mos was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 11th, 1972. In 1998, he made his mainstream debut on Rawkus Records in the duo Black Star with rapper Talib Kweli. Yasiin Bey (changed from Dante Terrell Smith), is known commonly as ‘ Mos Def.’ He is a an American rapper, activist, and actor from New York. Mos Def began his hip hop career in 1994 in the underground rap group UTD (Urban Thermo Dynamics) alongside his sibling group members DCQ and Ces, after which he pursued a solo career.
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