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Mos Def
Age: 50
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
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I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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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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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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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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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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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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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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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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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going how are you doing?
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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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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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Beef is not what Jay said to Nas Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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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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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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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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