Yasiin Bey: Last News

Yasiin Bey has called Drake‘s work “shopping” music, arguing that it’s not hip-hop.Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, appeared on fashion podcast The Cutting Room Floor, where a TikTok clip from his conversation went viral.Host and designer Recho Omondi asked Bey whether he thought Drake was hip-hop, to which he sighed: “Why are you doing this to me?”The rapper expanded on his thoughts, explaining: “Drake is pop to me, in the sense like, if I was in Target in Houston and I heard a Drake song… it feels like a lot of his music is compatible with shopping.

Gorillaz‘ set at Coachella 2023’s second weekend, the band brought out a star-studded list of guests that included appearances from Bad Bunny, Little Simz and more.The band brought out the Puerto Rican reggaeton star – who will close out this weekend’s first night with a headline set – to perform ‘Tormenta’. Bad Bunny features on the studio version of the song, which is from Gorillaz’ latest album, ‘Cracker Island’.

Erykah Badu has announced the dates for her "Unfollow Me" tour with direct support from Black Star member Yasiin Bey f.k.a. Mos Def.

Erykah Badu has announced details her upcoming ‘Unfollow Me’ North American, tour beginning this summer. Check out the dates and ticket information below.The 25-city-run tour will feature support from Yasiin Bey, also known as Mos Def, and according to Badu’s Instagram caption of the tour poster, “other extraordinary guests.”Shows are set to commence on June 11 in San Antonio, Texas.

Los Angeles last night (5 May), Dave Chappelle shared more details about his experience of being attacked on stage earlier this week. Chappelle, 48, was performing at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night (3 May) as part of the Netflix is a Joke festival when a man rushed on to the stage and attacked him, carrying a replica handgun fitted with an ejecting knife blade. Immediately after the altercation, the attacker – since identified as 23-year-old Isaiah Lee – was detained by security and removed from the scene.

Dave Chappelle returned to the stage on Thursday, May 5, and shared further details of the bizarre incident that occurred earlier this week when an armed assailant jumped onstage in an attempted attack during the comedian’s Tuesday performance at the Hollywood Bowl.

Netflix Is A Joke festival at the Hollywood Bowl. Dave, 48, was said to have been "tackled" as an attendee ran on stage and dived on the star prompting security to jump into action and pull him off stage.A 23-year-old man, Isaiah Lee, has now been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and is being held on $30,000 (£23,893) bail, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has said.Despite the shocking incident, a representative for Chappelle said: "Dave Chappelle celebrated four nights of comedy and music, setting record-breaking sales for a comedian at the Hollywood Bowl."This run ties Chappelle with Monty Python for the most headlined shows by any comedian at the Hollywood Bowl, reaching 70,000 fans of diverse backgrounds during the first Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival, and he refuses to allow last night’s incident to overshadow the magic of this historic moment."She explained that the incident was "unfortunate and unsettling", but Chappelle carried on with the show.The statement noted that Chappelle continued with the show and recognised that Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock helped calm the crowd with humour after the incident.Chappelle then went on to welcome featured musical guests for the evening, hip-hop artists Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli, otherwise known as Black Star.His representative added that Chappelle is "fully co-operating with the active police investigation" into the incident.Speaking about the attack, LAPD said after the incident: "A famous comedian was performing at the Hollywood Bowl and when he finished his act a male jumped on to the stage and tackled the celebrity."The suspect produced a replica handgun and pointed the item at the victim.

Black Star – the duo of Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli – have released their first album since 1998’s ‘Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star’.After announcing the record last month, the Madlib-produced ‘No Fear Of Time’ is out now. It’s available to stream exclusively via the podcast app Luminary, which hosts the duo’s podcasts People’s Party With Talib Kweli and The Midnight Miracle, the latter co-hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle.When they announced the album last month, the duo explained that ‘No Fear Of Time’ had been recorded in various locations, from hotels to dressing rooms, but never in an actual recording studio.While the album is being paywalled via the app, the duo have made one of its tracks – opener ‘o.G.’ – available for listening with a lyric video on YouTube.

Black Star (Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli) have announced details of their first album in almost 24 years, ‘No Fear Of Time’.The pair announced the new record, which has been produced by Madlib, on Friday (April 8). It was recorded in various locations from hotel rooms to dressing rooms, but never in an actual recording studio.Arriving on May 3, it’ll mark the follow-up to their 1998 debut ‘Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star’, but will only be available on the podcast app, Luminary. The platform is already home to two podcasts they’re part of, People’s Party with Talib Kweli and The Midnight Miracle with Dave Chappelle.

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 3, nearly 24 years after the release of their cult-favorite collaborative debut, Most Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star. The full project is produced by Madlib.

Netflix has released the first preview of JEEN-YUHS, its 20-years-in-the-making documentary series about Kanye West. In the preview, West and Mos Def rap an impassioned acapella version of "Two Words", their classic collaboration from West's debut album The College Dropout.

the late jazz musician’s family disapproves of the film.The artist, who was a successful child actor long before he found rap stardom, said in a new video that he was given “every indication” by the production company that Monk’s family were on board with the project.But T.S. Monk – Monk’s son and the chairman/co-founder of Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment, the official company of the Thelonious Monk Estate – told Pitchfork earlier this week that the film has not been authorised by the estate.“This project and its announcement are totally unauthorised! I hate the script and I control the music in Thelonious’ catalog’.

Yasiin Bey, previously known as Mos Def, would play late jazz musician Thelonious Monk in a new biopic film titled Thelonious. Less than 24 hours later, Monk’s estate has come out to “condemn” the film as unauthorised.T.S.

Black Star – his collaborative project with Talib Kweli – saying it will arrive when the duo are ready, and no sooner.Appearing on an episode of Kweli’s People’s Party podcast, Bey discussed the pressure to release the Madlib-produced follow-up to 1998’s ‘Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star’, which has been in the works for years.Kweli framed the question to Bey in relation to streaming services, suggesting an aversion to the platform could relate to why the Black Star record has yet to be released.“You mean to tell me that the source of labour at the centre of this experience is supposed to be satisfied and grateful with receiving a portion of a penny for their efforts and labour?” Bey responded, echoing a frequent criticism about

Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey, who perform together as Black Star, premiered a new song on The Midnight Miracle, a new podcast the two rappers are hosting with Dave Chappelle.The Midnight Miracle is the newest podcast on subscription service Luminary, debuting yesterday (May 11) with two episodes. The show was recorded during the annual Chappelle Summer Camp in Ohio last year.

Dave Chappelle has long been friends with rap legends Talib Kweli and Mos Def, inviting the artists to perform on his Comedy Central sketch comedy program Chappelle's Show and for his concert film Dave Chappelle's Block Party. The three entertainers will reunite once more for The Midnight Miracle, a new podcast arriving on the podcast platform Luminary "in the coming weeks." The format of The Midnight Miracle is an interesting one.

The return of Black Star, Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey's rap duo, is being blocked by "interlopers and culture vultures" who are stopping them from working with producer Madlib, according to a statement Kweli posted on Instagram on Tuesday. "I wash my hands of it at this point," the rapper said in a tweet that he went on to share in a screenshot on Instagram.

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