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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Rapper
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Singer
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Brooklyn
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Yasiin Bey
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Beze
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So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music it's very disposable. But, that doesn't mean there aren't a great number of artists who are doing things to change that.
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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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I want to be necessary and do good works. I ain't here to waste nobody's time, because I don't want you to waste mine.
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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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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It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
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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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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
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They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.
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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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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
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Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
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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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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'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.
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