Mos Def

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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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    • 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?
    • 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?
    • 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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