Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.

I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.

To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.

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

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