Mos Def

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activist actor hip hop artist human rapper record producer songwriter

Mos Def, also known as Yasiin Bey, is an influential American rapper, actor, and activist celebrated for his socially conscious lyrics and key role in the evolution of alternative hip hop.

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Left Ear – Mos Def	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	activist ⓘ actor ⓘ hip hop artist ⓘ human ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1990 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dante Beze ⓘ Yasiin Bey ⓘ
birthName	Dante Terrell Smith ⓘ
collaboratedWith	DJ Hi-Tek ⓘ Talib Kweli ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1973-12-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African-American
genre	alternative hip hop ⓘ conscious hip hop ⓘ hip hop ⓘ
influencedBy	KRS-One ⓘ Native Tongues collective ⓘ Rakim ⓘ
knownFor	political activism ⓘ socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
memberOf	Black Star ⓘ
movement	alternative hip hop ⓘ conscious hip hop ⓘ
notableFilmAppearance	16 Blocks ⓘ Be Kind Rewind ⓘ Brown Sugar ⓘ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) The Italian Job ⓘ surface form: The Italian Job (2003 film)
notableSong	Definition ⓘ Mathematics ⓘ Ms. Fat Booty ⓘ Respiration ⓘ Umi Says ⓘ
notableTelevisionAppearance	Dexter ⓘ The Cosby Mysteries ⓘ
notableWork	Black Star ⓘ surface form: Black Star (album) Black on Both Sides ⓘ The Ecstatic ⓘ The New Danger ⓘ True Magic ⓘ
occupation	activist ⓘ actor ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
recordLabel	Downtown Records ⓘ Geffen Records ⓘ Rawkus Records ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ

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Talib Kweli → associatedAct → Mos Def ⓘ

The Italian Job → castMember → Mos Def ⓘ

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subject surface form: The Italian Job (2003 film)

this entity surface form: Left Ear – Mos Def

Madlib → collaboratedWith → Mos Def ⓘ

Nate Dogg → collaboratedWith → Mos Def ⓘ

Drunk and Hot Girls → composer → Mos Def ⓘ

Drunk and Hot Girls → featuredArtist → Mos Def ⓘ

Bridging the Gap → featuresArtist → Mos Def ⓘ

Graduation → featuresArtist → Mos Def ⓘ

Like Water for Chocolate → featuresArtist → Mos Def ⓘ

Rising Down → featuresArtist → Mos Def ⓘ

Things Fall Apart → featuresArtist → Mos Def ⓘ

Cruel Summer → hasArtist → Mos Def ⓘ

GOOD Music → hasArtist → Mos Def ⓘ

Robert Glasper → hasCollaboratedWith → Mos Def ⓘ

Getting Out Our Dreams → hasNotableArtist → Mos Def ⓘ

The Last Poets → influenced → Mos Def ⓘ

Drunk and Hot Girls → lyricist → Mos Def ⓘ

Soulquarians → member → Mos Def ⓘ

Drunk and Hot Girls → performer → Mos Def ⓘ

Ford Prefect → portrayedBy → Mos Def ⓘ