The Fader

Read Mos Def’s First-Ever Cover Story From 2000

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 ...
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Mos Def Drops ‘Black on Both Sides’ Album: Today in Hip-Hop

On this day, Oct. 12, in hip-hop history... Despite the album's anti-commercial bent, the album was a surprising sales success for a small, independent album, selling over 500,000 copes on it's way to ...
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 ...
The Quietus

25 Years On: Mos Def and the Promise of Black On Both Sides

A quarter century since Black On Both Sides, Stevie Chick dives deep into a savage display of talent from a young artist ready to take it all on, and reflects on the dispersed promise of what was ...
The Grio

Revisiting ‘Black on Both Sides’ — Mos Def’s 1999 debut album — 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. There are a few songs I vividly remember hearing (or seeing if the video ...
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 ...