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Yasiin Bey. Actor: The Italian Job. Regarded as one of hip-hop's most introspective and insightful artists, Mos Def has shaped a career that transcends music genres and artistic medium.
- January 1, 1
- 1.77 m
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
In 2008, Bey starred in the Michel Gondry movie Be Kind Rewind, playing a video rental store employee whose best friend is played by co-star Jack Black. He also portrayed Chuck Berry in the film Cadillac Records , for which he was nominated for a Black Reel Award and an Image Award .
Sep 9, 2021 · A salute to the movie work of Yasiin Bey (credited as Mos Def) from 2005 to 2008 and why it remains important. In a remarkable three-year period, the rapper Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey, but born Dante Terrell Smith.
Jul 21, 2021 · Yasiin Bey, the musician formerly known as Mos Def, has been cast as jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk in a new movie by screenwriter Peter Lord Moreland and producer Alberto Marzan...
In 2003, he starred in The Italian Job alongside Ed Norton, Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron. In 2004, he starred opposite Alan Rickman in the critically acclaimed HBO movie Something the Lord Made, for which he received a 2004 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie.
Yasiin Bey. Actor: The Italian Job. Regarded as one of hip-hop's most introspective and insightful artists, Mos Def has shaped a career that transcends music genres and artistic medium.
Jul 21, 2023 · yasiin bey talks ‘Tiny Desk,’ when he fell in love with Hip-Hop, Erykah Badu, and more assorted topics following his ‘Words + Music’ episode.
