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 trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.

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.'

Young bloods can't spell but they could rock you in PlayStation...

Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?

Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?

They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.