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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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Singer
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Yasiin Bey
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Beze
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Peace before everything, God before anything, Love before anything, real before everything, Home before any place, shoot before anything, Style and state radiate, Love Power slay the hate.
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I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.
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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
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The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like Who on top of this?
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I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.
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I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.
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I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
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Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients Youngbloods can't spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation.
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Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. It's like, I gotta get across the street, man! I gotta be there! I gotta be there! Then you get across the street and you're like, Yeah I'm here! And then, that's it. Fame doesn't make you particularly happy.
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Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name. [But] it's time to expand and move on.
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I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.
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I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.
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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
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And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble, But I disregarded detour signs, And did not stop til you was mine. I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.' Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps. Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.'
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I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
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Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
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There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
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You've got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, This is gonna be a good day and I'm not gonna let anything else make it a bad day.
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I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.
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