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Home | Entertainment | Music Brendan Sullivan, Star Tribune New York rapper Mos Def performed at the Guthrie Theater on Monday. The rapper/actor brought his trademark flow and energy to the Guthrie's main stage. By TOM HORGEN, Star Tribune Last update: August 24, 2010 - 3:22 PM Print this story E-mail this story Save to del.icio.us Share on Digg Related Content Dessa opened for Mos Def. Brendan Sullivan, Star Tribune...Read Full Story

Rapper-turned actor or actor-turned rapper...it really doesn't matter because the talent of Mos Def is always going to have you simply saying "great." Its been three years since we have heard the "mighty" mos def in the studio, but he is more than ready to reestablish himself in the eyes of the Hip Hop world with the release of his forthcoming opus The Ecstatic. He recently sat down with AllHipHop to talk about movies, music and more...For the rapper/actor, the challenge lies in giving fans...Read Full Story

Like Mary J. Blige and First Lady Michelle Obama's math and science initiatives, rapper/ actor Mos Def and neo-soul singer Goapele want to make science and math discovery appealing to kids of color. The two are teaming up with African-American NASA astronaut, Leland Melvin, to help promote science and education by hosting a Science and Culture Festival in Oakland this weekend, featuring the first ever holographic presentation by NASA. "I'm just here to give the young people some inspiration...Read Full Story

by Deputy Diva It looks like yet another celebrity is facing financial woes.  Rapper, Actor and hip-hop activist, Dante Smith a.ka. ‘Mos Def’ has been sued by the law firm of Blank Rome for $60,000 in unpaid fees and retainers from when the firm represented the rapper in his divorce from Maria Yepes in 2006. The couple ended their 10-year marriage that year in a Brooklyn court, with Judge Sarah Krauss pleading with them to settle their differences outside her courtroom. Following Mos Def’s...Read Full Story

Las Vegas authorities have defended the issue of a warrant for the arrest of rapper/actor Mos Def three months after an alleged attack - insisting they needed time to fully investigate the case before questioning the star.Read Full Story

Photo: Anthony G. Moore / PhotorazziA warrant has been issued for the arrest of rapper/actor Mos Def. Las Vegas authorities are on the hunt for Dante Smith (real name), following his alleged attack on a fashion photographer in August.According to reports, Mos Def faces charges of felony robbery and malicious destruction of private property.Apparently, Mos Def ripped a camera from a photographer's neck, smashed it to the ground and then took off with it.Mos Def went hard, huh? Now the Las...Read Full Story

Rapper Dante Smith aka Mos Def is being sued by his attorney for $60,000 after failing to pay for an expensive divorce from his ex-wife, Maria Yepes in 2006. He owes the attorney for unpaid fees and retainers in which he incurred during this divorce. Maria Yepes and Mos Def were married back in 1996. The pair had three children together and subsequently, Mos Def married another young woman, Alana Wyatt who he married three days after knowing her. Def and Wyatt are currently separated and...Read Full Story

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of rapper/actor Mos Def. Las Vegas authorities are on the hunt for the star, real name Dante Smith, following his alleged attackRead Full Story

Rapper/actor Mos Def has been landed with a $60,000 lawsuit from his own attorney, after failing to pay for an expensive divorce from his ex-wife.Read Full Story

Mos Def’s wife, (No, they’re not divorced yet), is speaking out against him.  Alana Wyatt is yet another video vixen who has written a tell-all book, and is sharing her groupie tales with the world.  If you don’t know who she is, she says that you can find her in Snoop & Pharell’s “Drop it Like its Hot” video. (*Yawn*) I still have yet to hear Mos Def’s side of the story, but if you listen to her interview after the jump, she claims to have dated several NBA players, rappers, etc. (more...Read Full Story