Before taking Irving Plaza last night, Mos Def and Talib Kweli hit the stage on The Colbert Report to premiere their new track. Sounds good. Hopefully we get that mp3 soon. jose3030

During Black Star’s tour stop in Miami Tuesday night, Mos interrupted their set at the Fillmore and sent a request to BET to pay tribute to Troy Davis at this weekend’s Hip-Hop Awards. “The BET Awards are happenin’ in Atlanta, Georgia, apparently this weekend on Saturday, right? I’m making a strong, serious recommendation and suggestion.In the interest of humanity and the rights of human beings all over God’s spaceship, Earth. If you are doing or hosting this event in Atlanta, Georgia, right after this young […]

Last night, Mos Def and Talib Kweli brought their current tour to the House Of Blues in the Windy City and brought out the Chi’s own Common for a live performance of their track. What a breath of fresh air. fsd

If you did not see Talib and Mos Def Yasin perform their Black Star album live at Rock The Bells, no worries. It was announced that starting this Wednesday, the duo will continue their trek as part of Guerilla Union‘s strategic partnership with House Of Blues. Dates below. Cop tix here. 09.21   Detroit, MI – St Andrews 09.22   Cleveland, OH – House of Blues 09.23   Chicago, IL – House of Blues 09.27   Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore 09.28   Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle 10.05   […]

The Wu-Gambinos ran through OB4CL2 during Rock The Bells on Governor’s Island on Saturday. More clips from JonJohnTV including Slaughterhouse and Black Star after the jump.

Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star. And this past weekend in California they reunited at Rock The Bells to recite their 1998 debut. Here’s brief footage of their set courtesy of MissDimplez.

Produced by Madlib, Black Star reunite on this untitled track. It’s labeled as a snippet, so Kweli fans are going to have to wait for the full thing to hear his verse.

[vodpod id=Video.5907110&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Talib Kweli and Mos Def  a.k.a. Black Star reunited last night at the Paid Dues Festival in San Bernardino. Above, you can check out the duo performing “Astronomy (8th Light)” and after the cut, “Respiration” and “Definition”. Nothing but the best. kingz