Magnetic: Mos Def News

This is sort of off-topic from a direct Mos Def info perspective, but it’s certainly something I think Mos Def would support spreading throughout the hip-hop community.

Michael over at Hip-Hop Blogs has put out a Hip-Hop Blogger Call to Arms, and he’s right on.

The hip hop blog community for example, provided a lot of the counter commentary to the Katrina disaster. With or without knowing it, we started and maintained a real discourse about real people who were experiencing real discrimination in one of the most embarrassing chapters of our nation’s short history. So whatever it is: politics, culture, music, hip hop- keep blogging.

Keep blogging…

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It seems that quite a few people are searching for the lyrics to Mos Def’s Hurricane Katrina anthem, "Katrina Klap." I’m here to save the day.

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Mos Def raps, sings, screams, and just plain lets loose on his new single, "Dollar Day for New Orleans (Katrina Klap)," released in response to the government’s bungled response to Hurricane Katrina.

As Mos puts it, the song is for "the streets affected by the storm called…America."

The track is raw and haunting, and plainly points the finger at the Bush administration and President Bush himself.

Listen for yourself: Download Mos Def’s Katrina Klap.

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