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Biography

Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973) is a Brooklyn-born rapper and actor, who began his performing career on the television…more

Born

12/11/1973, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name

Dante Terrell Smith

Gender

Male

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Star (5)

Role
- Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry
  Host
  - S 5: Ep 10 Episode 38
    8/12/05
  - S 5: Ep 9 Episode 37
    8/5/05
  - S 5: Ep 8 Episode 36
    7/29/05
  - S 5: Ep 7 Episode 35
    7/22/05
  - S 5: Ep 6 Episode 34
    7/15/05
  - + 33 More Credits
- Something the Lord Made
  Viven Thomas
  - S 1: Ep 1 Something the Lord Made
    5/30/04
- Chappelle's Show
  Various
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Best Of Chappelle's Show Season 2 Volume Two
    5/3/04
  - S 2: Ep 15 Music Jump-Off
    4/27/04
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Best Of Chappelle's Show Season 2 Volume One
    4/21/04
  - S 2: Ep 13 Ep. #213
    4/14/04
  - S 2: Ep 12 Ep. #212
    4/7/04
  - + 21 More Credits
- The Cosby Mysteries
  Dante
  - S 1: Ep 18 Dial 'H' for Murder
    4/12/95
  - S 1: Ep 17 Goldilocks
    4/5/95
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Medium is the Message
    3/22/95
  - S 1: Ep 15 Big Brother is Watching
    3/15/95
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Hit Parade
    3/8/95
  - + 15 More Credits
- You Take the Kids
  Raymond Kirkland
  - S 1: Ep 6 Bad Boy
    1/19/91
  - S 1: Ep 5 What I Did For Love
    1/12/91
  - S 1: Ep 4 Fishes Are Like Sisters... You Can't Flush Them Without Feeling Guilty
    1/5/91
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Eggs & I
    12/29/90
  - S 1: Ep 2 Merry Christmas to All and a Pointy Hat to You
    12/22/90
  - + 1 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Dexter
  Brother Sam
  - S 6: Ep 3 Smokey and the Bandit
    10/16/11
  - S 6: Ep 2 Once Upon a Time...
    10/9/11
- Chappelle's Show
  Musical Guest
  - S 1: Ep 2 Ep. #102
    1/29/03
Guest Star (28)

Role
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Musical Guest
  - S 3: Ep 1550 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 01/03/2012
    1/3/12
  - S 1: Ep 157 157
    11/25/09
  - S 1: Ep 62 Will Ferrell, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def
    6/9/09
- The Colbert Report
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 3 Black Star
    10/5/11
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Musical Guest
  - S 16: Ep 153 Show #3128
    6/8/09
- House
  Lee
  - S 5: Ep 19 Locked In
    3/30/09
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 6 March 27, 2009
    3/27/09
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 77 Episode #2.077
    12/5/08
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode #1.003
    9/12/07
- The Boondocks
  Gangstalicious
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Story of Gangstalicious, Part 2
    2/4/08
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Story of Gangstalicious
    12/11/05
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Self
  - S 5: Ep 17 September 7, 2007
    9/7/07
- Space Top 10 Countdown
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Sidekicks
    11/4/06
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 150 Ozzy Osbourne, Josh Hutcherson, & Talib Kweli feat. Mos Def
    11/2/05
- MTV Unplugged
  band
  - S 16: Ep 1 Alicia Keys
    9/23/05
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 151 April 27, 2005
    4/27/05
- Tavis Smiley
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 27 Blanche Lincoln, Mos Def
    2/14/05
- The View
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 97 Mos Def/Perrineau
    1/18/05
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Musical Performance
  - S 1: Ep 11 Renee Fleming/Mos Def
    1/17/05
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Musical Performers
  - S 12: Ep 61 Snoop Dogg, Keri Russell, Mos Def
    12/30/04
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Musical Guest
  - S 2: Ep 158 10/12/04
    10/12/04
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 75 Show #2796
    10/11/04
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 19 Show #2239
    9/23/04
- Chappelle's Show
  Musical Guest
  - S 2: Ep 11 Ep. #211 - Greatest Misses
    3/31/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 Ep. #102
    1/29/03
- My Wife and Kids
  Tommy
  - S 3: Ep 12 Chair Man of the Board
    12/4/02
- The Proud Family
  himself
  - S 2: Ep 4 Poetic Justice
    11/8/02
- The Wayne Brady Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 103
    8/22/01
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Special
  - S 38: Ep 4 2nd February 2001
    2/2/01
- NYPD Blue
  Leslie Peach
  - S 7: Ep 15 Stressed For Success
    4/11/00
  - S 6: Ep 7 Czech Bouncer
    12/8/98
- Spin City
  Monty
  - S 2: Ep 15 Gentleman's Agreement
    1/28/98
- Brooklyn South
  Darius
  - S 1: Ep 10 Dublin or Nothin'
    12/8/97
  - S 1: Ep 9 McMurder One
    11/24/97
- NYPD Blue
  Levon Wells
  - S 5: Ep 2 All's Wells That Ends Well
    10/7/97
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Boondocks
  Gangstalicious
  - S 2: Ep 3 Thank You for Not Snitching
    10/22/07

Mos Def News

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"Just Let Go" killed off a well-liked character, along with any remaining potential for greatness Season 6 once had. read more
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Dexter: A Light Against Darkness

By Price Peterson, Oct 31, 2011

The relatively lackluster "The Angel of Death" saw Dexter closing in on the Doomsday Killer and a beloved character gunned down, but the episode was much more interested in setup than pay-off. read more

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- He is realising a pair of Converse shoes.
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- Not a long time ago,Mos Def has taken up on skateboarding and said that ones of his desires is to host a skateboarding event in the United Arab Emirates.
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- Mos def became a Muslim at the age of 19.
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- Mos def: Our priorities is gettin' ****ed. Lil Jon-I love his music. But why are the East Side Boyz names Big Sam and Lil Bo? What the ****? What's next, Kunta and Kinte?
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- Mos Def: (on how america treates black people) This is the same country that ran up in Fred Hampton's crib and shot him in bed with his pregnant wife. You think the rules changed cause *****s got No. 1 records? What are we supposed to tell our kids? After Malcolm, Martin and Dubois we got Sam-Bo?
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- Mos: And I'm not really playing by anybody else's rules or trying to live up to anyone's expectations but mine. I'm not even competing with anyone else, in terms of, like, this artist or that camp, I'm trying to be better than my last song -- not even my last album -- I'm trying to be better everyday at what it is that I'm doing. I'm not gonna twist my back into pretzels and question marks to get accolades from the buying public.
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