Mos Def Talks Fashion w/ GQ
Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey talks about the origin of his style as well as the little shop on Rivington Street in NY where he is a collaborator, Ale et Ange:
Paying Homage
“When my paternal grandfather passed a few years back, I started to wear a shirt and tie every day, like he did. Michael Jackson’s death had a big impact on me, too. Right before the Ecstatic tour in 2009, I began wearing loafers and high-waisted pants. And that’s where my look started.”Honest Goods
“Hip-hop is the last true folk art. I got involved with Ale et Ange because it represents hip-hop in a way that isn’t pandering. It’s nice to see something that’s elegant, skillful, and raw.”Power Suits
“With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn’t just about being noticed, you know?”
Credit: GQ
Previously: Mos Def & Mannie Fresh In The Studio (Video)
September 11th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
ayo
September 11th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
big_seth Says:
September 11th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Black folks still the gate keepers of hip hop.
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Eminem: over 42 million tracks and over 41.5 million albums sold in the United States. Over 100 million albums sold worldwide.
So the most powerful rap artist ever – without any debate – is white. He brought Dre back and now Dre is the top earner in music. So yeah, it’s really two categories, Em and then ‘the other rappers’.
Now on to execs. Please name just one Black with the weight of Jimmy Iovine or Liar Cohen. Please, just one. Yep, thought so.
Sorry, but Black people ain keeping no gates in rap except for made-up shits (also known as ‘vanity labels’) that are just glorified A&R situations. Look at all the rappers that have been GOOD, MMG, or any other label. If Ross had power, Pill wouldn’t be unemployed right now. Whereas if Iovine signs you he’s gonna put the weight of an entire real label with real buildings and employees behind you and the only place you gonna go is to #1.
When it comes to rap, it’s clear where the power lies.
September 11th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Dey got negroes in Minnesota?
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*cold blank stare*
September 11th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
yasiin bey – Niggaz in Poorest (Official Video) >>>>>
After that, nobody’s remix mattered.
youtube.com/watch?v=tUKXvg9Su6U
September 11th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Dey got negroes in Minnesota?
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They got Brother Ali.
He converted to Black.
September 11th, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Surge confirmed dre is gay on howard stern
September 11th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
and prince
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He don’t count.
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both his parents are black..
dont let the powdery make up and toni braxton perm fool you..
that nigga is black
look at his first two lp covers nohomo
September 11th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
They got Brother Ali.
He converted to Black.
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kris kringle what we call him
September 11th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
larry fitzgerald
September 11th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
khalid el-amin
September 11th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
jimmy jam and terry lewis and morris day
September 11th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
dave winfield
September 11th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
R.L. from Next
September 11th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Lol… the slight ankle twist on his crossed leg makes this pic suss
September 11th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Denise Matthews (Vanity)
September 11th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
No sign crossing your legs like a woman when you sit down
September 11th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Kimberly Elise (great actress)
September 11th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
DeJunius Hughes (playwright;filmaker)
September 11th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Prince = The GOAT
Fuck the purple velveteen jackets, short/tight stirrups, and platform heels.
The nigga done had pussy that other niggas would sell their soul to the actual Devil (like literally hand it over and be eternally damned forever) to be inside.
He not only done had pussy, he done had other levels of freaky shit like ‘muses’ who follow him and paint him and then he fucks them on boats and shit. And he would do shit like rename a bitch on some “Your name is no longer Shanelle, it is now Violet” type shit and then niggas would actually call her Violet on some “Well, I mean, Prince renamed her”.
Sorry niggas but Prince reached the pinnacle of pussy attainment – he make NBA players look like rank amateurs.
September 11th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Land’s the blackest nigga in Minnesota
And he’s an Asher Roth fan
September 11th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
why do niggas start dressing queer when they get bread????
muslim garb>>>>yasiin`s ensemble
September 11th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
gordon parks (photographer, renaissance man)
September 11th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Land’s the blackest nigga in Minnesota
And he’s an Asher Roth fan
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ALL FACT
September 11th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
R.L. from Next
> Hits for days. co sign whateva, too close, butta love, wifey.
September 11th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Mos Def Talks Fashion w/ GQ
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that aint the nigga name tho
September 11th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@chea
Jimmy and Lyor still signing black kids who the HOOD pushes up first.
We decide who even gets that chance. You think keef would have got signed if a bunch of little dusty black kids wasn’t bangin his shit.
This is especially true now days when you can’t even get a label to call you without a mix tape career.
Black folks open the gate for this shit.
White folks run it after that.
Every hip hop movement starts in the hood. FACT.
if Keef didn’t have the hood. Behind him he wouldn’t have got those millions. Ask Childish Gambino (no shots at him tho)
September 11th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
why do niggas start dressing queer when they get bread????
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thats the only way they get to do them photoshoots..
ad agencies/directors run that shit… fag it up or go home
September 11th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Mos Def dresses better than Prince
Prince got that Bette Midler swag
September 11th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
those boots are ill tho
September 11th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
so the science for today: the choke hold white america has on hispanic immigrants.
so im minding my business with the headphones on and theres a bunch of hispanic city workers speaking in spanish…i know a little but didnt let them know.
so meedah, wassabby buneno blah blah blah and they all laughing like cheech marin.
then…exuse me sir are you voting for obama? of course,
meedah meedah get him out of there hand gestures romney blah blah blah
then i deciphered just because hes black and im voting republican.
you know i cut into them niggas something serious on some intiellectual shit…..
September 11th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Jimmy and Lyor still signing black kids who the HOOD pushes up first.
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trufe
September 11th, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Stylistically,
Prince is the Effeminate Black Elvis
September 11th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
plenty nigras and africans and punjabs and mayans and mexicans in the twin cities..
the rest of minneota is 98% kizza..
big tall wide hipped scandanavian and german broads that eat hella sausage and beer and watch twins and vikings games like men
September 11th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Prince named Mos Def Yassin Bey on some muse shit
September 11th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
“I’m gonna kill you”
Lil resse
September 11th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
those boots are ill tho
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leprechaun steez/ lucky charms booties(II)Grey is one of my favorite colors.Electric blue is another.
Beiges,Browns,Earth Tones GOAT Colors>>>>
September 11th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
only thing susss to me is mad accessories. niggas got 20 bracelets on one wrist.
September 11th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
big tall wide hipped scandanavian and german broads that eat hella sausage and beer and watch twins and vikings games like men
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You tryin to make Remix leave his happy home bruh …
September 11th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Prince dresses like Joan Rivers now
he done chilled
son is like 55 years old
September 11th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
And he’s an Asher Roth fan
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only thing good about ash roth is that wealthy black girl he fuckin
September 11th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
the little shop on Rivington Street in NY where he is a collaborator, Ale et Ange
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This place is the epitome of the NYC boutique bullshit.
They’re charging $95 for a young, dingy, black tee that I’d probably wash my grandmother’s car with.
September 11th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
@casket
That ain’t news. There are a lot of ignorant Hispanics who are hella racist and still think they are white and seen as equals.
Lmao
September 11th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Beiges,Browns,Earth Tones GOAT Colors>>>>
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if were talking for people of color …white people look gay or like they work at blockbuster when they wear these colors.
September 11th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
most of the sisters here are from Chicago or Detroit or the locals that migrated from southern cities like Little Rock and Memphis after the great migrations …
the rest are african immigrants
hella somalians and kenyans
September 11th, 2012 at 12:46 pm
The Shot Clock
-1 mos, 4 wks ago
And he’s an Asher Roth fan
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only thing good about ash roth is that wealthy black girl he fuckin
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Lemme find out he’s dating Oprah …
All these white guys in black sports or art forms like Dirk Nowitski or Steve Nash love our women
They wanna be black so bad
Rex Hussla getting melanin shots right now
September 11th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Bigger race baitor/troll
Basket or Chea?
September 11th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Jackson7
3 mins ago
Prince dresses like Joan Rivers now
he done chilled
son is like 55 years old
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LMAO
September 11th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
All these white guys in black sports or art forms like Dirk Nowitski or Steve Nash love our women
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Usually really good respectable black women too that aint on no ratchet triflin shit. The ones that aint tryin to be on a reality show.
September 11th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
so to be labeled a fashion icon u just need to dress like its 40 years ago