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- NAME: Mos Def
- OCCUPATION: Actor, Rapper
- BIRTH DATE: December 11, 1973 (Age: 39)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Brooklyn, New York
- ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius
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Play NowMos Def. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 02:13, May 26, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/mos-def-20812503.
Mos Def. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/mos-def-20812503 [Accessed 26 May 2013].
"Mos Def." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 26 2013, 02:13 http://www.biography.com/people/mos-def-20812503.
"Mos Def," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/mos-def-20812503 [accessed May 26, 2013].
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Mos Def [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 26] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/mos-def-20812503.
Mos Def, http://www.biography.com/people/mos-def-20812503 (last visited May 26, 2013).
Mos Def. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/mos-def-20812503. Accessed May 26, 2013.
"My work is a reflection of the human condition," Mos Def says. "I don't want to hurt anybody. I don't want to mislead people. I want to tell the truth. All my songs are not happy. Some of them are even aggressive—some may say mean, but we all experience these feelings in life. I'm just being honest about what I feel and what sounds and ideas were motivating me at the time."
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