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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 and it's time to expand and move on.

~Mos Def

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That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.

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I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.

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I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.

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Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.

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I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.

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I have mad brims.

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It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'

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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: December 11th, 1973

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