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Mos Def with MF Doom Live in Chicago - Feb 13th, 2010
- Date: Feb 11
- From: Mos Def, Downtown
- Original Article: Link
After the releasing the Grammy nominated album The Ecstatic (only $5 on Amazon.com – limited time only), the mighty Mos Def is set to perform with MF Doom at The Congress Theater in Chicago, IL this Saturday, Feb 13th after his cancelled show on Jan 29th!
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HVW8 Art & Design Gallery, Union LA & Frolab present a photo exhibition entitled MOS DEF: ECSTATIC MOMENTS. Photographer, filmmaker, visionist Cognito showcases rare performance and behind-the-scenes images captured during the two year journey of making and supporting Mos Def’s June 2009 release of The Ecstatic (iTunes). Open to the public from Jan 30 through Feb 28 at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.
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Mos Def’s latest video for “History,” featuring a special collaboration with Black Star associate Talib Kweli and directed by Coodie & Chike is out! Watch it here and purchase Mos’ Grammy nominated album The Ecstatic on iTunes today.
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Follow Mos Def on his seven day journey in Japan
- Date: Nov 9
- From: Mos Def, Spotlight
- Original Article: Link
Mos Def is featured in Current Music Embedded latest episode, with close to an hour’s worth of exclusive footage! Follow mighty Mos Def as he takes us on an all access seven-day tour of Japan while performing his new album “The Ecstatic,” – out now! – to packed venues in Tokyo and Osaka. Watch it all here!
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LNA Clothing teamed up with Music innovator Invisible DJ to bring you The Ecstatic t-shirt by Mos Def. Part of The Music Tee collection, the shirt combines digital music and t-shirt fashion all in one! Each shirt comes with a hang tag printed with a URL and a unique code which gets you a copy of each of the tracks printed on the shirt from the Music Tee Room on LnA’s website.
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Regarded as one of the most insightful artists of our time, musician, activist and actor Mos Def has captured the attention of critics and audiences alike with a celebrated body of work that has crossed all artistic genres—from music to the Broadway stage, film and television. In 1996, Mos Def became an underground favorite in the hip hop world, which lead to the recording of “Black Star”, his legendary collaboration with Talib Kweli, whose debut release would become one of the most critically acclaimed hip-hop albums of its generation. The following year Mos released his solo debut, “Black On Both Sides”, which was certified gold and credited by critics with bringing hip-hop back to its soapbox roots. His latest album, “The Ecstatic”, has been lauded by critics as one of the top albums of 2009 and has garnered two GRAMMY Award nominations in the categories Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance for the single “Casa Bey.”
As with his music, Mos has demonstrated insight and passion with his acting career and has appeared in a variety of film and TV projects including Monster’s Ball, The Italian Job, and in the critically acclaimed HBO movie Something the Lord Made, for which he received nominations for a 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie, Golden Globe Award (Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture), and NAACP Award. Def has also appeared in the feature films The Woodsman, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005), 16 Blocks (2006), Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (2006), Michel Gondry’s Be Kind Rewind (2008), and Darnell Martin’s Cadillac Records (2008).
Mos completed his Broadway debut in 2002 in the Tony nominated, Pulitzer Prize winning, Topdog/Underdog and re-teamed with playwright, Suzan Lori Parks and director George Wolfe for the off- Broadway play, Fucking A, for which he was awarded an Obie Award.
In addition to his acting credits Mos has served as the host, music supervisor and co executive producer for the HBO series Def Poetry, which returned for its sixth season in 2007. Def has also served as a writer, producer and actor on the MTV sketch comedy series Lyricist Lounge.
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