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A decade later, while splitting time between film, TV and Broadway, he began reinventing himself: he legally changed his name to Yasiin Bey, signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Both were crowned underground rap classics, and he and Kweli drove Rawkus to a reputation synonymous with thoughtful, authentic hip-hop. The following year, he released his solo debut album, Black on Both Sides, a fittingly titled work that interrogated the joys and despair of the Black experience with stories of racism, love and defiant reclamations of history.
The duo released their debut in 1998, building a fanbase for their dedication to pro-Black values, sociopolitical awareness and hip-hop traditionalism at a time when some feared rap had lost its way to glitzy materialism. After guest spots on songs by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul, he signed to Rawkus Records, where he formed Black Star with Talib Kweli. Dante Smith (1973) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where he studied Islam while developing a career as a child actor and honing his rap skills. Mos Def was one of the foremost faces of conscious hip-hop in the '90s and 2000s, and later became one of its most enigmatic figures.
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