Magnetic: Mos Def News

Just scanning the blogs for Mos Def bits, as I’ve done before, and this time I turn up an angry track by Immortal Technique that features Mos Def in the chorus on Violette’s MP3 blog.

No, the irony of this song appearing on a site with flowers in its logo is not lost on me.

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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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