Mos Def Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.

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.

Trivia

Mos Def: (on how america treates black people) This is the same country that ran up in Fred Hampton's crib and shot him in bed with his pregnant wife. You think the rules changed cause *****s got No. 1 records? What are we supposed to tell our kids? After Malcolm, Martin and Dubois we got Sam-Bo?

Mos appeared in NYPD Blue as Leslie Peach and Levon Wells in the episodes "Czech Bouncer" and "All's Well That Ends Well."

Mos will be playing Mouse in the upcoming movie Little Scarlett.

Mos was in the episode Poetic Justice on the tv show The Proud Family.

Mos will play Left Ear in the sequel of the The Italian Job, The Brazilian Job.

Mos is divorced from Maria Yepes, they were married from 1996 to 2006 and had 2 children.

Mos is 5' 10".

His most recent big screen role was in the 2006 film "16 Blocks" alongside Bruce Willis.

Mos has hosted the award-winning HBO spoken word show, "Def Poetry" since its premier in 2002.

He has appeared on "Chappelle's Show" as a musical guest.

Mos won the award for Best Actor in an Independent Movie at the 2005 "Black Reel Awards" in "The Woodsman."

Mos made brief appearances in "Bamboozled" and "Monster's Ball," and had a major role in "Brown Sugar."

Mos played the oldest child in the short-lived family sitcom, "You Take the Kids."

Def's portrayal in the film, Something the Lord Made, gave him a nomination for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe, and won the Image Award.

In 2006, Mos Def appeared in Dave Chappelle's Block Party alongside fellow Black Star companion, Talib Kweli.

Mos began his professional acting career appearing in the TV movie God Bless the Child. He was 14.

Mos Def released his second solo album, "The New Danger," in 2004.

In September 2005, Mos Def released the single "Katrina Clap" a critical reaction to the lack of response by the Bush administration to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

Mos Def's collaboration with Talib Kweli, Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star(CD), was released during the aftermath of the deaths of 2pac and The Notorious B.I.G., sparking a rebirth of "aware" and "intelligent" hip-hop.

Mos Def is projected to release his last solo album on Geffen Records, The Undeniable Free Flaco, in early 2006.

In early 2005, Mos Def was rumored to be joining Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella record label.

After signing with Rawkus Records, Mos Def and Talib Kweli formed the group Black Star.

His name is quite appropriate in regards to his character in The Italian Job, who went deaf after blowing up a toilet.

The name Mos Def is a slang term that means most definitely.