Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the … - Mos Def

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Mos Def

Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name. [But] it's time to expand and move on.

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