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Artist

Mos Def

37 releases  ·  90 collaborators  ·  24 labels

Real name
Dante Terrell Smith
Date active
1997 – 2025
Relevance
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Bio

Brooklyn, NYC-based rapper of Trinidadian descent, Dante "Beze" Terrell Smith (better known simply as Mos Def) is also making a career as a Hollywood actor.

Born: 11 December 1973 in Brooklyn, New York.

He first gained interest as part of the group Urban Thermo Dynamics with his younger brother DCQ and sister Ces. Has since worked with many respected artists from many different genres, notably with Talib Kweli together as group Black Star.

Also known as Yasiin Bey since he handed his old name Mos Def to TV pundit Stephen Colbert after appearing on his TV show "The Colbert Report".

Father of Laila!

Also known as

Dante Smith Yasiin Bey EL-Bey The Moor Dante Beze

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