Magnetic: Mos Def News

Mos Def has, at least temporarily, dropped out of the Breed Love Odyssey Tour. The announcement was made yesterday evening via a post on the Okayplayer forums by none other than Talib Kweli, the co-headliner of the Breed Love Tour and Mos Def’s partner in Black Star.

Here is the full text of Talib’s post:

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Just a quick update to my previous post on Pandora, the personal streaming radio service. They are now offering a free ad-supported level of membership.

Previously, everyone got 10 free hours of streaming, but then had to pay $36/year. Pandora has also upped the functionality, adding favorites, better feedback for getting stations just right, and other small tweaks.

So, now you can check out all Mos Def Radio you want for free!

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In a recent interview on NPR, writer Walter Mosley reveals that Mos Def will star in the film adaptation of his book, The Little Scarlet, from the Easy Rawlins Mysteries series.

Mos Def will play the role of the lead character, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, an engaging and multifaceted detective in Los Angeles. He will be joined by talented actor Jeffrey Wright, who plays Easy’s sidekick, “Mouse.”

The film, which has not yet started production, will be done with HBO films. Mosley states that they are “making the deal as we speak” in the NPR interview.

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The article I linked to in the previous post about Mos calling out Suge Knight at a Breed Love Tour stop last week didn’t tell the whole story. It didn’t tell how defiant and angry Mos sounded. No need for me to try to describe it any more. Check out the video to see what Mos said to Suge yourself.

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Mos Def, a rapper not on the tip of most tongues when discussing battles between crews, cities, or coasts, called out Suge Knight during his Breed Love set on Thursday, according to an article on Calendarlive.com.

...Mos Def took a jab at Marion “Suge” Knight, the controversial head of Death Row Records. The svelte and far-from-intimidating rapper said he was looking for Knight and wanted to know “who shot my man?”

This isn’t the first time Mos has publically pointed the finger at Knight and tried to jumpstart the questioning of what happened to Tupac and other fallen rappers. At a show in Los Angeles this summer, Mos apparently sang, “Tell them who shot my man, Suge. Tell them who shot my man, Suge. Who shot Biggie, Pac and Jam Master Jay?”

I’m sure Mos has his reasons for wanting to do this, but Suge doesn’t exactly have a peaceful past or much of a tolerance for slights. Let’s hope these tirades by Mos ends up with long-sought answers behind the murders of B.I.G. and Tupac coming to the surface and not with another bloody chapter in the “rap wars.”

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