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Downtown Records Signs Deals With Fontana, Interscope
06-Sep-2008
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According to an industry report by Billboard, Downtown Records has just signed a distribution deal with Fontana and a marketing/promotion deal with Interscope. The latter will cover Downtown's three boutique labels (Dim Mak, Fools Gold, Mercer Street) and select albums by such artists as Mos Def,
Mos Def, Atmosphere Tapped For Take Back Labor Day Fest
08-Aug-2008
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The Take Back Labor Day festival has added several acts to its previously announced lineup of Steve Earle and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, including Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Billy Bragg, Atmosphere, and Allison Moorer. According to a press release by the Service Employees International
Rapper Mos Def working with Kanye West on album
(Reuters)
16-Nov-2007
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 Reuters - Rapper Mos Def is working on his
debut release for indie label Downtown Recordings, after his
major-label swan song died a quick death last year.
Hip-hop stars rally for Jena Six
(AP)
04-Oct-2007
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 AP - When the latest call for a protest over Jena Six came, it wasn't led by Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, but rapper-actor Mos Def.
Mos Def: headlining concert for justice
(AP)
25-Aug-2007
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 AP - Although a jury last week convicted Jose Padilla of supporting terrorism, rapper-actor Mos Def thinks that Padilla may not have gotten the due process the criminal justice system promises.
Mos Def raps U.S. justice system
(AP)
24-Aug-2007
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AP - Although a jury convicted Jose Padilla of supporting terrorism earlier this week, rapper-actor Mos Def thinks that Padilla may not have gotten the due process the criminal justice system promises.
Music Review | Mos Def: A Rapper, Backed Up by Brass
20-Jan-2007
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The intent of Mos Def’s show at Lincoln Center was to honor and protest, connecting music and politics. Sadly, the rapper just seemed uninterested in delivering.
American Songbook Returns, Horizons Still Expanding
17-Jan-2007
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The ninth season of the series opens on Wednesday at Lincoln Center — with Mos Def and a big band — bringing provocative programming to a sometimes staid institution.
Mos Def Releases New Album - Sort Of
10-Jan-2007
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A new album from actor/rapper Mos Def snuck into stores on Dec. 29th -- and will sneak back out again, as the label plans to reissue it in a few months with a different tracklisting and new artwork
Dance producers rearrange Nina Simone
(Reuters)
30-Oct-2006
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Reuters - "You may dig on the Rolling Stones,"
Mos Def posits on 1999's "Black on Both Sides," "but they could
never ever rock like Nina Simone."
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