Yasiin Bey

Brooklyn MC and actor formerly known as Mos Def, whose debut Black on Both Sides is a landmark of intellectual hip-hop and whose career spans music, theater, and film.

Origin

Brooklyn, New York

Genre

Hip-HopRap

Pantheon Standing

List Name	Rank	Populist	Credentialed	Combined	Status
Top 50 Hip Hop Artists of All Time	—	—	—	—	Active

The Cultural Record

Discography

The New Danger2004

The Ecstatic2009

Next Universe / Patriotism / When It Pours It Rains1999

EP & Mixtape

Mos Def EP2004

EP & Mixtape

Negus2019

Rank History

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