Madlib, producer for tracks by Kanye West, Mos Def and MF Doom, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, former manager of Stones Throw Records and founder of reissue label Now-Again.

Black Star, the legendary underground rap duo of Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, have been teasing a long-awaited followup to their classic 1998 debut Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star ...

Black Star, the legendary hip-hop duo comprised of Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, has officially announced their first album in almost 24 years, No Fear of Time. The followup ...

Talib Kweli and yasiin bey have announced their long-awaited second joint album as Black Star. No Fear of Time will be available to stream exclusively on the Luminary podcasting platform starting May ...

Last week, Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey announced that their seminal hip-hop supergroup, Black Star, would be returning with their first new album since 1998’s cult classic, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are ...

Talib Kweli, left, and Mos Def (now known as Yasiin Bey) of Black Star performing for "Benefit for Nkiru Books" at the Knitting Factory on Saturday night, September 4, 1999.(Photo by Hiroyuki ...

The Atlanta rapper felt that getting into a beef was a “lose-lose” for the OVO superstar. No Fear of Time will be Bey and Kweli's second album in nearly 24 years, following their 1998 debut Mos Def ...

The post Black Star Announce No Fear of Time, First Album in Over 20 Years appeared first on Consequence. Black Star, the self-proclaimed “best alliance in hip-hop” made up of Talib Kweli and Yasiin ...

Black Star have shared the first track from their upcoming album No Fear of Time, which is Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Talib Kweli’s first album together since their 1998 debut. “Mineral Mountain” ...

Back in the day (circa 1998), an underground rap slab hit the streets and it was called Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. So, unlike most of the bling-obsessed pop-rappers who dominated the late ...

When the world first heard Mos Def's 2006 album, "True Magic," an offering executed with such apathy that copies were sold without liner notes or cover art, there was plenty of reason to worry that ...