Mos Def

Dante Terrell Smith is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American actor and a Grammy-nominated MC known by the stage name Mos Def.  Mos Def started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, who released the album Black Star in 1998. He was a major force in the late 1990s underground hip hop explosion spearheaded b... more

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  • Dec 11, 1973 (age 35 years)

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  • Dante Terrell Smith,
  • Mos Def.,
  • Dante Smith
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  • 1.77 m (5.81 ft )

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