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 ...

On this day, Sept. 29, in hip-hop history... Black Star literally announced their arrival with "Definition," a free-wheeling, Hi-Tek-produced anti-violence anthem that rang through loud and clear ...

Are you looking forward to another musical project from the two New Yorkers? “I have an album with Diamond D and a new Black Star album with Yasiin Bey on the way,” Talib Kweli told AllHipHop.com in ...

The “Definition” collaborators have a follow-up to their rap classic. (AllHipHop News) Back in 1998, many Hip Hop devotees were introduced to two Brooklyn emcees through a joint album called Mos Def & ...

Rapper Talib Kweli will reunite with his Black Star group mate Mos Def next month as they headline this year s Esurance ICER Air festival. The duo will perform Nov. 3 on the center stage at AT&T Park ...

During a DJ set In February, Yasiin Bey revealed new music from Black Star, his hip-hop duo with Talib Kweli, was coming and implied that Madlib was also attached: “New Black Star with Madlib, Talib ...

The combined talent of rappers Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, and comedian Dave Chappelle will be showcased in an upcoming podcast. “Making a podcast isn’t the obvious next move ...

Mos Def and Talib Kweli will headline the 10th Annual Black August benefit concert on Sunday, August 26 at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square, NYC. Black August is a project of the Malcolm X Grassroots ...

Nineteen ninety-eight needed Black Star. Because before Black Star there was Puff Daddy, and in 1997, Puff Daddy was inescapable thanks to his grand and terrible year. His hit-making friend - his big ...

For hip-hop fans, the significance of 1998 needs little explanation thanks to landmark works by Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Jay-Z, DMX, Big Pun, the Neptunes, the Cash Money and No Limit collectives, and ...

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 ...

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 ...