The night of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, Yasiin Bey was behind bars. Earlier that evening, fans who wanted a glimpse of Justin Timberlake, T.I. or Avenged Sevenfold had gathered on the sidewalk ...

Stripped to its barest essentials, Negus sees Bey questioning modernity in today’s times, while using poetry and improvisational rhythms to connect Blackness to nobility (“Negus” means “emperor” or ...

I went into yasiin bey: Negus with only the vaguest understanding of the exhibit, which opened in November at the Brooklyn Museum and runs through January 26th. I knew that I had to reserve a ticket ...

Finding space to create community isn’t a luxury readily afforded to large groups of young Black folks. But in Oakland, there’s a collective doing just that by stepping into the biggest venue of them ...

For the 20th anniversary of his great Mos Def album Black on Both Sides album, Yasiin Bey is presenting his latest recorded work, Negus, exclusively as a listening installation at Brooklyn Museum from ...