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Mos Def (Rapper)

LC control no.no 00021038
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Personal name headingMos Def (Rapper)
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Variant(s)Bey, Yasiin
Def, Mos
Smith, Dante
See alsoBeze, Dante
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Corporate body: Black Star (Musical group)
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Birth date19731211
Place of birthBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupationRap musicians Actors
Found inBlack on both sides [SR] 1999 : label (Mos Def)
Internet movie database, Mar. 2, 2000 (underground hip hop artist by the name of Mos Def. Born as Dante Beze, and acts under that name)
All music guide WWW site, Dec. 18, 2002 (Mos Def; b. Dante Smith, Dec. 11, 1973, Brooklyn, NY; rapper)
Robert Glasper Experiment (Musical group). Black Radio [SR] p2012: container (Yasiin Bey)
Wikipedia, May 15, 2012 (Mos Def; b. Dante Terrell Smith, Dec. 11, 1973, Brooklyn, N.Y.; American actor and MC; also known as Yasiin Bey)
Wikipedia, February 19, 2014: under Mos Def (Mos Def formed the group Black Star with Talib Kweli)
Associated languageeng