Nickname:	Mos Def / Dante Bezé / Black Star / Pretty Flaco / Flaco Bey / The Mighty Mos Def / Bezé
Known for:	The Italian Job / 16 Blocks / The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Birth name:	Dante Terrell Smith
Birthday:	11 December 1973, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height:	5' 9½" (1.77 m)

Mos Def Supports The 'jena Six'

Picture Inside. Rapper Mos Def is spearheading a campaign preventing six black students from being charged over an attack on a white schoolmate.The hip-hop star - real name Dante Terrell Smith - has penned an open letter asking "African-Americans of influence, and all concerned parties" to join him in the "fight against raci... Read More » Mos Def Supports The 'jena Six'

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No, it's not a rerun -- rap legend Mos Def is accused of causing another violent encounter with a photographer, this time in Las Vegas.Mos was hangin' at the star-studded MAGIC fashion convention at the Las Vegas Hilton when he allegedly flipped out...

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Reuters - Rapper-actor Mos Def will play legendary rock 'n' roller Chuck Berry in "Cadillac Records," which is filming in New Jersey.
Rapper-turned-actor Mos Def is set to take on the character of legendary rocker Chuck Berry in forthcoming biopic movie Cadillac Records.


Rapper-turned-actor MOS DEF is set to take on the character of legendary rocker CHUCK BERRY in forthcoming biopic movie CADILLAC RECORDS.The movie is set in 1950’s Chicago and follows the turbulent lives of Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess, and the label’s artists, including Waters, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James and Willie Dixon .Mos Def
As the backing band for Mike Patton's Peeping Tom, DP Holmes, Stu Brooks, and Joe Tomino have performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and in front of 10,000 fans at Madison Square Garden as openers for The Who; individually they've performed with 50 Cent, The Fugees, and Mos Def; and together, as Dub Trio


Mos Def is tipping Barack Obama to win the race for the White House because he's the best looking candidate and a "rock star." The rapper claims presidential hopeful Obama has the right look to convince voters to place a cross by his name when Americans go to the polls in November.


MOS DEF is tipping BARACK OBAMA to win the race for the White House, because he’s the best looking candidate and a "rock star".The rapper claims U.S. presidential hopeful Obama has the right look to convince voters to place a cross by his name when Americans go to the polls in November (08).He tells PageSix.com,
Filed under: Hot Bodies In the immortal words of rapper Mos Def, "Ass so fat that you could see it from the front."...
Reuters - Rapper Mos Def is working on his debut release for indie label Downtown Recordings, after his major-label swan song died a quick death last year.
JENA, La. (AP) - A video in which rapper-actor Mos Def asked students around the country to walk out Oct. 1 to support the ''Jena Six'' escaped by this town's mayor. But when John Mellencamp sang, ''Jena, take your nooses down,'' he took issue.


AP - A video in which rapper-actor Mos Def asked students around the country to walk out Oct. 1 to support the "Jena Six" escaped by this town's mayor. But when John Mellencamp sang, "Jena, take your nooses down," he took issue.
AP - When the latest call for a protest over Jena Six came, it wasn't led by Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, but rapper-actor Mos Def.
Rocker John Mellencamp has written a new song in support of six black youths accused of attacking a white school friend. A host of stars have spoken out in support of the Jena, Louisiana six - rapper Mos Def led a rally last month to promote their plight.


Rapper Mos Def is spearheading a campaign preventing six black students from being charged over an attack on a white schoolmate.


Rapper MOS DEF is spearheading a campaign preventing six black students from being charged over an attack on a white schoolmate.The hip-hop star - real name Dante Terrell Smith - has penned an open letter asking "African-Americans of influence, and all concerned parties" to join him in the "fight against racial inequality and show solidarity
Rapper MOS DEF has blasted U.S. President GEORGE W. BUSH for his administration’s "murderously meddlesome" involvement in the war in Iraq.The campaigning hip-hop star - real name Dante Terrell Smith - believes Bush has deliberately tried to turn the American population against the Islamic religion.He tells U.S. TV host Bill Maher, "The way that this
AP - Although a jury last week convicted Jose Padilla of supporting terrorism, rapper-actor Mos Def thinks that Padilla may not have gotten the due process the criminal justice system promises.
NEW YORK (AP) - Although a jury convicted Jose Padilla of supporting terrorism earlier this week, rapper-actor Mos Def thinks that Padilla may not have gotten the due process the criminal justice system promises.


Filed under: Celebrity Feuds Another night in Hollywood, another celebrity skirmish.TMZ cameras were rolling in front of Hyde nightclub last night, when outspoken rapper/actor Mos Def went face to face with a paparazzi who snapped his photo in front of the world famous celebrity...
American rapper Mos Def has appeared in a Chicago court to defend a former death row inmate. The hip-hop star - real name Dante Terrell Smith - spoke on Aaron Patterson's behalf at a sentencing hearing Monday.

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