147 Quotes by Mos Def

I’m blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle.

African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It’s not a dormant. It’s not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.

I don’t rap like nobody, I don’t try to sound like nobody.

Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall – HUNGH.

I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I’m trying to live life in the sight of GOD’s memory.

You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It’s mathematics.

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.

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?

You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.