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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Rapper
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Yasiin Bey
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Beze
Black Dante
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Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
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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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With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.
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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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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.
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You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.
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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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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.
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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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I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
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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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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 don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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