A child star who started acting in TV roles alongside Bill Cosby at the age of
14, Mos Def steadily built a film career, while becoming one of the most
acclaimed rappers of his generation. He formed the group Urban Thermo Dynamics
with his brother and sister but started making waves as a solo guest on tracks
by De La Soul and Bush Babees, before teaming up with Talib Kweli for the
acclaimed album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998). His debut Black On
Both Sides (1999) showed a socially conscious style, not afraid to delve into
genres such as jazz, blues and rock in the m...