Maygen & the Birdwatcher, Gr3g, Sophie Hiroko and Sallyforth are also among this year’s roster of Twin Cities buzzmakers.

Gorillaz embark on yet another globetrotting adventure on “Damascus,” the animated outfit’s new single with Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and celebrated Syrian singer Omar Souleyman. “Damascus” gets ...

'Damascus' features the talents of Syrian artist Omar Souleyman and New York rapper and singer Yasiin Bey. By Lars Brandle Gorillaz swing into our lives once again with “Damascus,” another new track ...

Gorillaz are releasing a new album, The Mountain, on February 27, 2026 via KONG, the band’s own label. Now they have shared its fourth single, “Damascus,” which features Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey ...

On this date in 1999, Brooklyn lyricist, actor, and social activist Yasiin Bey—who the Hip Hop world first knew as Mos Def—released his debut solo album Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus/Columbia ...

Laila is carving her own lane in music, but not without a word of caution from her father Mos Def. In a recently uploaded interview with Nessa on Hot 97, the 19-year-old singer-songwriter was asked ...

Few artists in Hip Hop have traveled as boldly, or as unpredictably, as Yasiin Bey. Born Dante Terrell Smith in Brooklyn, he first rose to prominence under the name Mos Def, a sharp lyricist whose ...

A few months ago, Erykah Badu said in an interview with The Breakfast Club that she had a new album on the way, “a collab album” to be specific, and now said in a new interview with Billboard that the ...

On this date in 2002, the Rick Famuyiwa-directed Brown Sugar was released in theaters worldwide. It told the story of two childhood friends who simultaneously fell in love with hip-hop – as well as ...

On February 7 at 9 PM CT, yasiin bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and producer/DJ The Alchemist will perform their new collaborative album, FORENSICS, during a livestream performance on Bandcamp. The ...

Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and the Alchemist are teaming up for a collaborative album under the name FORENSICS. The two hip-hop legends have been teasing the project for a while, and today they ...