Producer and fellow Def Poet Al Be Back revealed he would be producing on the album as well. He performed a number of new tracks in later shows, he previewed tracks produced by Madlib and was rumored to be going to Kanye West for new material. During the event, he announced that he would be releasing a new album to be called The Ecstatic. The performance was recorded for an upcoming "Live in Concert" DVD. On November 7, 2007, Mos Def performed live in San Francisco at The Mezzanine venue. 2007–2011: Good Music era and name change Mos Def's final solo album for Geffen Records, titled True Magic, was released in 2006. The single "Sex, Love & Money" charted, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. The album reached #5 on the Billboard 200, making it the most successful for the artist to date. It included contributions by Shuggie Otis and Bernie Worrell, Doug Wimbish, and Will Calhoun as the Black Jack Johnson Band. In January 2002, Rawkus Records was taken over by Geffen Records, which released his second solo album The New Danger in October 2004. Mos Def performing at Rock the Bells in New York Ilias later adopted the alias DCQ and was described by Mos Def as "my first partner in hip hop".
In a particularly traumatic childhood experience, Mos Def witnessed his then five-year-old younger brother, Ilias Bey (b.
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Growing up in New York City, during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s, he has spoken about witnessing widespread instances of gang violence, theft and poverty in society, which he largely avoided by working on plays, Off-Off-Broadway and arts programs. After returning from filming You Take the Kids in Los Angeles, and getting into a relationship with an older girl, Mos Def dropped out of high school during sophomore year. Mos Def attended middle school at Philippa Schuyler Middle School in Bushwick, Brooklyn, where he picked up his love for acting. He is close friends with fellow Muslim hip-hop artists Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Q-Tip. Mos Def was not exposed to Islam until the age of 13. His father was initially a member of the Nation of Islam and later followed Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, who merged into the mainstream Sunni Islam from the Nation of Islam. The eldest of 12 children and step-children, he was raised by his mother in Brooklyn, while his father lived in New Jersey. Mos Def was born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973, in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Sheron Smith and Abdulrahman Smith.
He is also known as the host of Def Poetry Jam, which aired on HBO between 20.
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Since the early 2000s, he has appeared in the films Something the Lord Made, Next Day Air, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 16 Blocks, Be Kind Rewind, The Italian Job, The Woodsman, Bamboozled, and Brown Sugar and in television series such as Dexter and House. Prior to his career in music, Mos Def entered public life as a child actor with roles in television films, sitcoms, and theater.
Some of his top hits include " Oh No", " Ms. The editors of listed him as the 14th greatest rapper on their "50 Greatest Rappers of All Time" list. His debut was followed by The New Danger (2004), True Magic (2006), and The Ecstatic (2009). He was featured on the roster of Rawkus Records and in 1999 released his solo debut, Black on Both Sides. He subsequently formed the duo Black Star, alongside fellow Brooklyn-based rapper Talib Kweli, and in 1998 they released their eponymous debut album, featuring the singles " Definition" and " Respiration". He began his hip hop career in 1994, alongside his siblings in the short-lived rap group Urban Thermo Dynamics (UTD), after which they appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. Yasiin Bey ( / j æ ˈ s iː n ˈ b eɪ/ born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), previously and more commonly known by his stage name Mos Def ( / ˌ m oʊ s ˈ d ɛ f/), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor.
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