Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973) is an American actor and MC known by the stage name Mos Def ( /ˌmoʊsˈdɛf/). Mos Def started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, who released the album Black Star in 1998. He was a major force in the late 1990s underground hip hop explosion spearheaded by Rawkus Records. As a solo artist he has released the albums Black on Both Sides in 1999, The New Danger in 2004, True Magic in 2006, and The Ecstatic in 2009. read full bio here.

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8 months ago

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Just saw Mos Def walk into Detroit Seafood Market.

11 months ago

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Sat in Swingers and Mos Def is sat next to me! #UnrealLA

Last year

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Just saw Mos Def here (@ Whole Foods Bowery)

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Just saw Mos Def n Talib Kweli outside Vinnies (160 Flatbush Ave.)

2 years ago

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Mos Def looking at jeans and telling some NYU kid to not take his picture at Uniqlo in soho.

Just saw mos def in soho at a nice park getting interviewed looking fly in a louis vuitton visor

3 years ago

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Mos Def buying a coffee at Karen's at 1 Astor Pl. Black leather jacket, a gray hoodie, talking on a cellphone.