Ole Miss Football's Trinidad Chambliss Makes Definitive Statement on Waiver Situation

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is seeking an additional season of eligibility after submitting a waiver to the NCAA ...

Music preview 2026: LPs to look out for

New albums from Charli XCX, A$AP Rocky, Gorillaz and Lucinda Williams are among the most promising scheduled for release in ...
Rolling Stone

Gorillaz Hit the Road to ‘Damascus’ on New Song With Yasiin Bey and Omar Souleyman

Gorillaz embark on yet another globetrotting adventure on “Damascus,” the animated outfit’s new single with Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and celebrated Syrian singer Omar Souleyman. “Damascus” gets ...

The 50 Best Hip-Hop Album Covers of All-Time

An artist’s album cover is arguably the most critical piece when rolling out a new project. Whether it’s a debut album or a performer’s swan song or anywhere in between, there’s always a special ...
NME

Fans complain as Black Star met with boos for arriving on stage late and playing for just half an hour at Brixton Academy

Fans have been sharing their frustrations after Black Star arrived late to their London gig, and played for just half an hour. However, the two were late to the stage, beginning the set at 10:20pm, ...
Complex

Mos Def's Daughter Laila Says Her Father Warned Her to 'Stay Away From the Industry'

Laila is carving her own lane in music, but not without a word of caution from her father Mos Def. In a recently uploaded interview with Nessa on Hot 97, the 19-year-old singer-songwriter was asked ...
Essence

Mos Def, Goapele and NASA Help Kids Discover Space

Like Mary J. Blige and First Lady Michelle Obama’s math and science initiatives, rapper/ actor Mos Def and neo-soul singer Goapele want to make math and science discovery appealing to kids of color.
Stereogum

Yasiin Bey & The Alchemist Announce Collab Album As FORENSICS

Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and the Alchemist are teaming up for a collaborative album under the name FORENSICS. The two hip-hop legends have been teasing the project for a while, and today they ...
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 ...
Drowned In Sound

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

upfront uk copies and at a much cheaper price to the us version. 'and dont call it a comeback' sings mos on the black star reunion track history, but its hard not too, after years in the wilderness ...