# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yasiin-bey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:40:50.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yasiin-bey"
name: "Yasiin Bey"
slug: "yasiin-bey"
description: "Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. A prominent figure in conscious hip-hop, he is recognized for his use of wordplay and commentary on social and political issues, such as police brutality, American exceptionalism, and the status of African Americans in the United States."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mos_Def_-_Ilosaarirock_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-12-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.15
  momentum:             0.1629525920740482
  historical:           25.481504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 238
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MosDefOfficial"
    handle:    "MosDefOfficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MosDef"
    handle:    "MosDef"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080049/"
    handle:    "nm0080049"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mosdefmusic.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ياسين باي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "ياسين باى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مس دف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Мос Деф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%86%D8%B3_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%81"
    title: "مۆس دیف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yasiin Bey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasiin_Bey"
    title: "Yasiin Bey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasiin_Bey"
    title: "Yasiin Bey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%81"
    title: "مس دف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%93%D7%A3"
    title: "מוס דף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasiin_Bey"
    title: "Yasiin Bey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasiin_Bey"
    title: "Yasiin Bey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Mos Def"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%95"
    title: "モス・デフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yasiin_Bey"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mos_Def"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9f4551c6-1324-4ac5-b3fe-a5c5cfacd54d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump