Yasiin Bey Net Worth
Yasiin Bey Net Worth is
$20 Million
Yasiin Bey Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Regarded as one of hip-hop's most introspective and insightful artists, Mos Def has shaped a career that transcends music genres and artistic medium. Taking a cue from the Afrocentric stylings of the Native Tongues crew, which included De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest and Andres Titus, Mos Def has emerged as one of the more ... Date Of Birth | December 11, 1973 |
Place Of Birth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
Height | 5' 9½" (1.77 m) |
Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Producer |
Star Sign | Sagittarius |
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1 | 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. That's what I've been trying to strive for -- to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension. |
2 | There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists. |
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1 | Appeared with Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie on Bill Maher's show. Christopher Hitchens humorously referred to him as "Mr Definitely" during the course of their debate. |
2 | In September 2011, he announced that he has adopted the name Yasiin Bey and will discontinue using the name Mos Def by the end of the year. |
3 | Is a vegetarian. |
4 | Performed a song with Britsh artists Craig David that was only released on the radio. It was called 7 Days Later - a remix of Craig David's number 1 hit 7 Days. |
5 | Has starred in two movies with Alan Rickman: Something the Lord Made (2004) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). |
6 | His name is quite appropriate in regards to his character in The Italian Job (2003), who went deaf after blowing up a toilet. |
7 | His first music group was Urban Thermo Dynamics, which also included his younger brother and sister. They recorded an album in 1995 but it was shelved. It was finally released in 2004. |
8 | Hip-hop artist. |
9 | Name, Mos Def, is a slang term that means "most definitely." |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Disconnected | pre-production | Jacob Kaneda | |
Tour de France | 2016 | Foce | |
Life of Crime | 2013 | Ordell Robbie | |
Begin Again | 2013/II | Saul | |
Dexter | 2011 | TV Series | Brother Sam |
I'm Still Here | 2010/I | Mos Def (as Mos Def) | |
Yo Gabba Gabba! | 2010 | TV Series | Super Mr. Superhero |
Next Day Air | 2009 | Eric (as Mos Def) | |
House M.D. | 2009 | TV Series | Lee |
Cadillac Records | 2008 | Chuck Berry (as Mos Def) | |
The Boondocks | 2005-2008 | TV Series | Gangstalicious |
Be Kind Rewind | 2008 | Mike (as Mos Def) | |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 2006 | Mos Def (as Mos Def) | |
Chappelle's Show | 2003-2006 | TV Series | Banjo Player / Black Head of the CIA / Rondell, Black Delegation Rep / ... |
Journey to the End of the Night | 2006 | Wemba (as Mos Def) | |
16 Blocks | 2006 | Eddie Bunker (as Mos Def) | |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 2005 | Ford Prefect (as Mos Def) | |
Lackawanna Blues | 2005 | TV Movie | The Bandleader (as Mos Def) |
Something the Lord Made | 2004 | TV Movie | Vivien Thomas (as Mos Def) |
Focused Digizine #1 | 2004 | Video | Blak (VO) (as Mos Def) |
The Woodsman | 2004 | Sgt. Lucas (as Mos Def) | |
The Italian Job | 2003 | Left Ear (as Mos Def) | |
My Wife and Kids | 2002 | TV Series | Tommy |
Brown Sugar | 2002 | Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon (as Mos Def) | |
Civil Brand | 2002 | Michael Meadows (as Mos Def) | |
Showtime | 2002 | Lazy Boy (as Mos Def) | |
Monster's Ball | 2001 | Ryrus Cooper (as Mos Def) | |
The Wayne Brady Show | 2001 | TV Series | Mos Def |
Carmen: A Hip Hopera | 2001 | TV Movie | Lt. Miller (as Mos Def) |
Bamboozled | 2000 | Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika (Julius Hopkins) (as Mos Def) | |
Island of the Dead | 2000 | TV Movie | Robbie J (as Mos Def) |
NYPD Blue | 1997-2000 | TV Series | Leslie Peach / Levon Wells |
Where's Marlowe? | 1998 | Wilt Crawley (as Mos Def) | |
Spin City | 1998 | TV Series | Monty |
Brooklyn South | 1997 | TV Series | Darius |
Dellaventura | 1997 | TV Series | Morgue Assistant |
Ghosts | 1997/I | Short | Dante (as Dante Beze) |
The Cosby Mysteries | 1994-1995 | TV Series | Dante |
The Cosby Mysteries | 1994 | TV Movie | Dante (as Dante Bezé) |
Here and Now | 1992 | TV Series | Alonzo |
The Hard Way | 1991 | Dead Romeos (as Dante Smith) | |
You Take the Kids | 1990-1991 | TV Series | Raymond Kirkland |
God Bless the Child | 1988 | TV Movie | Richard Watkins (as Dante Terrell Smith) |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Mr. Robot | 2015 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Furious 7 | 2015 | performer: "Six Days Remix" - as Mos Def | |
Red Band Society | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014 | ||
Harodim | 2012 | performer: "Bin Laden" - as Mos Def | |
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap | 2012 | Documentary performer: "Quiet Dog Bite Hard", "Fix Up", "Hip Hop" / writer: "Fix Up" / writer: "Quiet Dog Bite Hard", "Hip Hop" - as Dante Smith | |
The Colbert Report | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2011 writer - 1 episode, 2011 | ||
Just Wright | 2010 | performer: "Umi Says" / writer: "Umi Says" - as Dante Smith | |
L'arnacoeur | 2010 | performer: "America" / writer: "America" - as Dante Smith | |
Late Show with David Letterman | 2009 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Cadillac Records | 2008 | performer: "Maybellene", "Nadine Is It You?", "No Particular Place to Go", "Promised Land" | |
The Boondocks | 2008 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Descent | 2007 | performer: "Ghetto Rock" - as Mos Def | |
Stomp the Yard | 2007 | performer: "Sex Love and Money" / writer: "Sex Love and Money" - as Dante Smith | |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | 2006 | performer: "Six Days" | |
Final Fight: Streetwise | 2006 | Video Game performer: "Wylin' Out" | |
The Ground Truth | 2006 | Documentary performer: "Live Wire Snap" / writer: "Live Wire Snap" | |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party | 2005 | Documentary performer: "Two Words", "Definition", "Move Somethin'", "Umi Says", "Get By" / writer: "Two Words", "Definition", "Umi Says" - as Dante Smith | |
Entourage | 2005 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Lackawanna Blues | 2005 | TV Movie performer: "Caldonia", "Destination Love" | |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business | 2004 | performer: "Wanna B Where U R Thisizzaluvsong" | |
Mean Creek | 2004 | performer: "Fear Not of Man" | |
The Italian Job | 2003 | as Dante Smith, "The Jump Off" / performer: "The Jump Off" | |
Biker Boyz | 2003 | performer: "Kalifornia" | |
Brown Sugar | 2002 | performer: "Brown Sugar Super Fine", "Breakdown", "Brown Sugar Fine" / writer: "Brown Sugar Super Fine", "Breakdown", "Brown Sugar Fine", "Brown Sugar Raw" - as Dante Smith | |
Phone Booth | 2002 | "Six Days" | |
Ken Park | 2002 | writer: "Brown Skin Lady" - as Dante Smith | |
The 56th Annual Tony Awards | 2002 | TV Special performer: "My Favorite Things" - as Mos Def | |
Blade II | 2002 | performer: "I Against I" / writer: "I Against I" - as Dante Smith | |
Face | 2002 | performer: "Climb" / writer: "Climb" - as Dante Smith | |
Madden NFL 2002 | 2001 | Video Game performer: "Mathematics Instrumental Version" / writer: "Mathematics Instrumental Version" | |
Top of the Pops | 2001 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | 2000 | Video Game performer: "B-Boy Document '99" - as Mos Def / writer: "B-Boy Document '99" - as D. Smith | |
Bamboozled | 2000 | "Blak Iz Blak" / writer: "Blak Iz Blak" - as Dante Smith | |
Flava | 2000 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
The Hurricane | 1999 | performer: "The Hurricane" | |
Where's Marlowe? | 1998 | performer: "All Blues" |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Def Poetry | 2002-2007 | TV Series documentary co-executive producer - 44 episodes |
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Def Poetry | 2002-2004 | TV Series documentary musical director - 28 episodes |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Def Poetry | 2007 | TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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A Tribe Called Red - R.E.D. Ft. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear | 2016 | Video talent |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Little Boxes | 2016 | special thanks | |
Passaic Mosaic | 2008 | Video documentary short special thanks - as Mos Def |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Amy | 2015/III | Documentary | Himself (as Def Mos) |
The Getaway | 2014 | TV Series | Himself (2014) |
Til Infinity: The Souls of Mischief | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
Standard Operating Procedure | 2013 | Short | Himself |
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap | 2012 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2009-2012 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest / Himself - Guest Vocalist |
Re:Generation | 2011 | Documentary as Mos Def | |
The Colbert Report | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest | 2011 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Takin' It to the Streets | 2010 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Glastonbury 2010 | 2010 | TV Mini-Series | Himself (as Mos Def) |
MTV World Stage: Gorillaz | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Gulf Aid: Concert for the Coast | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Later... With Jools Holland | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
NRJ 12 Grammys Awards 2010 | 2010 | TV Special | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Welcome to Blakroc | 2009 | Documentary as Mos Def | |
Late Show with David Letterman | 2004-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
Real Time with Bill Maher | 2007-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
Talib Kweli presents Blacksmith TV | 2008 | Video short | Himself (as Mos Def) |
5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Number One with a Bullet | 2008 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
4Real | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Prince Among Slaves | 2007 | Documentary | Narrator (as Mos Def) |
Def Poetry | 2002-2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host / Himself |
In Prison My Whole Life | 2007 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2001-2007 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops | 2006 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Space Top 10 Countdown | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
September in Brooklyn: The Making of 'Block Party' | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself (as Mos Def) |
HBO First Look | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Coachella | 2006 | Video documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes | 2006 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party | 2005 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Making of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Unplugged | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Live with Kelly and Michael | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself (segments "Through the Wire" and "Two Words") (as Mos Def) |
Tavis Smiley | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth | 2005 | Documentary short | Himself (as Mos Def) |
The View | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie (as Mos Def) |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2004 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
MOBO Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Himself - Host (as Mos Def) |
Chappelle's Show | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest / Himself |
35th NAACP Image Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Juvies | 2004 | Documentary voice, as Mos Def | |
Essence Awards | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
The Proud Family | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
The Freshest Kids | 2002 | Video documentary as Mos Def | |
The 56th Annual Tony Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself - Performer (as Mos Def) |
Voice of the Voiceless | 2001 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Crossover | 2001 | TV Special | Himself (as MosDef) |
Fuji Rock Festival '01 | 2001 | TV Special as Mos Def | |
Top of the Pops | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
The Lyricist Lounge Show | 2000 | TV Series | Himself (as Mos Def) |
The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2000 | 2000 | TV Special | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Flava | 2000 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme | 2000 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Out | 2011 | Documentary | Himself (as Mos Def) |
MTV Video Music Awards 2010 | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee (as Mos Def) |
Chappelle's Show | 2003 | TV Series | Gen. Cornrow Wallace |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2005 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Best Actor, Independent Film | The Woodsman (2004) |
2005 | Vision Award | NAMIC Vision Awards | Best Dramatic Performance | Something the Lord Made (2004) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2011 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Short Form Music Video | Gorillaz Featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack: Stylo (2010) |
2010 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Rap Album | For the album "The Ecstatic." |
2009 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Cadillac Records (2008) |
2008 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Best Actor | Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
2008 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Cadillac Records (2008) |
2006 | Black Movie Award | Black Movie Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 16 Blocks (2006) |
2006 | Stinker Award | The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Most Annoying Fake Accent: Male | 16 Blocks (2006) |
2005 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Something the Lord Made (2004) |
2005 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Best Actor, Network/Cable Television | Something the Lord Made (2004) |
2005 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Something the Lord Made (2004) |
2005 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Something the Lord Made (2004) |
2005 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Rap Artist in a Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) |
2004 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Something the Lord Made (2004) |
2004 | BET Award | BET Awards | Best Actor | The Italian Job (2003) |
2004 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Film: Best Supporting Actor | The Italian Job (2003) |
2004 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | TV Movie/Mini Lead Actor | Something the Lord Made (2004) |
2004 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Actor | The Woodsman (2004) |
2004 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Something the Lord Made (2004) |
2003 | BET Award | BET Awards | Best Actor | Brown Sugar (2002) |
2003 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Theatrical - Best Independent Actor | Civil Brand (2002) |
2003 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Brown Sugar (2002) |
2003 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Breakout Star - Male | Brown Sugar (2002) |