So I saw this trailer a while ago for “They Die By Dawn” and got so excited when I saw Erykah Badu was back on the big screen!  Then I see all of these other super talented actors are on board, people like Michael K Williams (The Wire),  Rosario Dawson , Isaiah Washington (kicked off Grey’s Anatomy), […]

Okay, so this might be one of the coolest ideas ever. Rappers always rep where they’re from, so why not put up street signs at…

Depending on who you ask, Philadelphia rapper Freeway is a rapper who has been slept on for his whole career. Others will say the only…

In a digital experience called “The Greatest Words” Louis Vuitton taps Yasiin Bey and calligrapher Niels Shoe Muelman to revisit the words of Muhammad Ali.…

Last week Nas celebrated his new cover of XXL magazine with a show at NYC’s Webster Hall. Common, Nas, Mos Def and others joined him on stage to run through 20 years worth of his hip-hop hits. ( See more video at Missinfo.tv) RELATED POSTS: Tyler The Creator Interviews Nas For XXL Magazine Nas Ft. […]

Mos Def — multitalented rapper/singer/actor — has always looked for new challenges as a performer. Now he’s readying his next project — two concerts with this weekend with the acclaimed Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. And TheUrbanDaily was there to see it. Peep the exclusive video below of his rehearsal of the song “Revelations,” arranged for the […]

Mos Def — multitalented rapper/singer/actor — has always looked for new challenges as a performer. Now he’s readying his next project — two concerts with this weekend with the acclaimed Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. And TheUrbanDaily was there to see it. Peep the exclusive video below of his rehearsal of the song “Revelations,” arranged for the […]

At this year’s Urbanworld Film Festival poet, professor and co-founder of the Black Arts Movement Sonia Sanchez screened her documentary Shaking Loose Memories . The film is directed by Jamal Joseph and combines interviews with Sanchez and performances of her poems by Amiri Baraka, T.C Carson and others. TheUrbandaily was given a few minutes with […]

In season 6 of Showtime’s “Dexter,” Mos Def will play a big role. According to EW.com, he’ll play a victim (Brother Sam) who befriends the righteous serial killer Dexter. The new season premieres on Sunday, October 2nd. “Dexter” and its actors are regularly nominated for Emmy and Golden Globe awards, and we hope this role […]

Mos Def has announced that he will be retiring his name in 2011 and changing it to Yasiin. Mos says he will not be offended if you walk up to him and call him by his original rap name because it is the name he has built for years. At least he didn’t change it […]

Kanye West and Mos Def were searching for some drunk and hot girls but ended up at Lupe Fiasco’s show at The Blue Note Jazz Club. The frequent collaborators had more than two words for the audience as they freestyled over J-Dilla instrumentals courtesy of the Robert Glasper Experiment. Mr. West took a few moments […]

In the 2008 film, Step Brothers, Will Ferrell & John C. Reilley played the titular siblings.  At one point in the film, the two film a music video for a song called “Boats ‘N’ Hoes” which became one of the most memorable moments in the film.