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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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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
Actor
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Singer
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Yasiin Bey
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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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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The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.
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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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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.
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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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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 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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Live now for the promise of the Infinite
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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.
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