The second Black Star performance on Friday night (9/23) at the House of Blues (part of a larger tour) began around 12:30am with a set by DJ 33 1/3, accompanied by an MC who did just enough to get the ...

On this day in hip hop history, 27 years ago, Mos Def and Talib Kweli joined forces to release their iconic debut album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on Rawkus Records — a landmark project that ...

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 ...

I can’t find the exact details anywhere, but it appears that Mos Def IS playing the Breed Love Odyssey Tour with Talib Kweli. According to Yale Daily News, the pair played six Black Star songs ...

The collaboration between Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey, the artist formerly known as Mos Def, has been one of the most formative albums in hip-hop history. Referred to colloquially as “Black Star,” the ...

Watch Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) combine as hip-hop duo Black Star to perform two tracks on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, backed by friends and in-house band The Roots. The first being ...

The accomplished screenwriter also worked on ‘NYPD Blue’ and ‘The Temptations.’ 14 hours ago On Friday, the latter went to Instagram to announce their upcoming follow-up to 1998 album Mos Def & Talib ...

Kweli and Yasiin Bey announced in 2018 that they have been recording the follow-up to their 1998 debut, ‘Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star.’ Kweli posted a photo of himself and Bey inside of a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. OKC-based rapper Jabee is proud to announce his upcoming EP "Good" is due for ...

I never really got into hip-hop, though I've appreciated the lush productions on a lot of current stuff. Often though, the rhymes on the more recent minimalistic productions I've heard are too ...