On this day in hip hop history, 27 years ago, Mos Def and Talib Kweli joined forces to release their iconic debut album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on Rawkus Records — a landmark project that ...

The second Black Star performance on Friday night (9/23) at the House of Blues (part of a larger tour) began around 12:30am with a set by DJ 33 1/3, accompanied by an MC who did just enough to get the ...

After 24 years since the release of their debut album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, the hip-hop duo known as Black Star, are finally set to ...

Talib Kweli gave fans some hope that a new Black Star album may be on the way. The rapper took to social media to tease that he and Black Star duo mate Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, will be ...

I can’t find the exact details anywhere, but it appears that Mos Def IS playing the Breed Love Odyssey Tour with Talib Kweli. According to Yale Daily News, the pair played six Black Star songs ...

It’s been 24 years since Black Star, the rap duo of Talib Kweli and Mos Def, released their critically acclaimed debut album, Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star. On Tuesday, the group returned ...

The collaboration between Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey, the artist formerly known as Mos Def, has been one of the most formative albums in hip-hop history. Referred to colloquially as “Black Star,” the ...

The Javotti Media founder once again indicates the duo is ready to drop a project. Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) became major talking points in Hip Hop over the last two weeks, thanks to ...

In the first episode of Succession, HBO’s great show about the travails of an evil New York billionaire family, there’s a scene that’s excruciating on a number of different levels. It’s the scene ...

I never really got into hip-hop, though I've appreciated the lush productions on a lot of current stuff. Often though, the rhymes on the more recent minimalistic productions I've heard are too ...