Talib Kweli made his musical debut in 1997, with five features on the album "Doom" by the Cincinnati rap duo Mood. As he grew older, he was drawn to artists like De La Soul and the Native Tongues Posse, which influenced his afrocentric style of music later in his life. His early life growing up was spent mostly in Park Slope, living with his mother, father, and younger brother. Talib Kweli Greene was born on October 3rd, 1975 in Brooklyn, New York. In the following year, Mos Def chose to change his name to what it is currently, Yasiin Bey. It wasn't until the 2010 release of "Lord, Lord, Lord" where it was confirmed that Mos Def had signed with G.O.O.D.
Music and continued traveling the world working with different musicians. Mos Def continued to perform with G.O.O.D. The two worked together on songs "Two Words" and "Drunk and Hot Girls", which were featured on West's album. Starting in 2007, Mos Def's relationship with Kanye West was getting stronger. His second album "The New Danger" charted at #5 on the Billboard 200 and received a grammy nomination for the song "Sex, Love & Money". In October of 1999, Mos Def released his debut solo album "Black on Both Sides" and continued to release albums under Rawkus Records till 2006. After the release of the album, Mos Def was signed to Kweli's Rawkus Records.
In 1998 he joined forces with Talib Kweli for the first time and created "Black Star". He became close friends with fellow muslim mc's Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest. He was introduced Islam at the age of 13, which influenced the direction he took in approaching hip hop. Dante was the oldest of 12 siblings, and was raised by his mother in Brooklyn since his father lived in New Jersey. Mos Def's musical career began in 1994 under the name Urban Thermo Dynamics (UTD), which was a group consisting of Dante and his siblings.
The artists met through their producer, Hi-Tek, who produced a majority of the album.īiography Mos Def ĭante Terrell Smith, better known as Mos Def, was born on Decemin Brooklyn, New York. The passion and chemistry of the duo can be heard through the music, which is something not all artists can accomplish easily. Both had been planning on releasing their solo albums at the same time, but postponed them to work on Black Star. The album was created due to the true chemistry between Mos Def and Talib Kweli. The title of the album came from the Black Star Line, a shipping line founded by Marcus Garvey.
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