I'm Blacked Than Midnight On Broadway And

I Think Hip-hop Is Actually One Of The Most Challenging Things That's Happened In Music In A Long Time. The People Who Are In Charge Of What People See Or Hear Are Afraid. What You Hear On Top 40 Or What You See On Bet Or Mtv Is Not A Fair Representation Of What Is Really Going On...

I'm Retiring The Mos Def Name After 2011. I'm Actually Doing It.

Hip-hop Went From Selling Crack To Smoking It

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.

I Never Had Any Ambitions Of Being A Movie Star Or Anything Like That, But You Know, This Is Nice.