The Congress Theater in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood is one step closer to getting a full renovation. On Wednesday, ...

A beloved 2003 thriller lauded as "slick" and "stupendous" has arrived on Prime Video. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, and Jason Statham, The Italian Job follows a group of ...

It feels like a good year for First Ave’s Best New Bands. Then again, the annual showcase of ascendant local talent — started in the mid-‘80s as a way to fast-track bands from 7th St. Entry to the ...

Gorillaz embark on yet another globetrotting adventure on “Damascus,” the animated outfit’s new single with Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and celebrated Syrian singer Omar Souleyman. “Damascus” gets ...

Fans have been sharing their frustrations after Black Star arrived late to their London gig, and played for just half an hour. However, the two were late to the stage, beginning the set at 10:20pm, ...

On this date in 1999, Brooklyn lyricist, actor, and social activist Yasiin Bey—who the Hip Hop world first knew as Mos Def—released his debut solo album Black On Both Sides on the Rawkus/Columbia ...

Laila is carving her own lane in music, but not without a word of caution from her father Mos Def. In a recently uploaded interview with Nessa on Hot 97, the 19-year-old singer-songwriter was asked ...

Like Mary J. Blige and First Lady Michelle Obama’s math and science initiatives, rapper/ actor Mos Def and neo-soul singer Goapele want to make math and science discovery appealing to kids of color.

Bey has spent the last week in the headlines after he was detained in South Africa for allegedly trying to leave the country using an illegal “world passport.” He used his audio message to rap his ...

Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and the Alchemist are teaming up for a collaborative album under the name FORENSICS. The two hip-hop legends have been teasing the project for a while, and today they ...

Yasiin Bey, the rapper, producer and actor once known as Mos Def, is back with his first new music in five years, the Money Christmas EP which is a Rhymesayers release. He doesn’t really do things ...