Yasiin Bey
Actor
- Born
- December 11, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Age
- 52 years old
- Zodiac
- Sagittarius
- Total works
- 58 movies, 16 TV shows
- Latest work
- Together for Palestine (2025)
- Genres
- Action,Adventure,Crime
Yasiin Bey is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor who starred alongside Bruce Willis in 16 Blocks (2006). Initially known as Mos Def, he gained prominence in the hip-hop scene with the release of his debut album, Universal Magnetic (1996), and his collaboration with Talib Kweli in the group Black Star. Bey's acting career includes notable performances in Spike Lee's Bamboozled, the Oscar-winning Monster's Ball (2002), and the HBO film Something the Lord Made, for which he received an Emmy nomination. He made his Broadway debut in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog (2002) and won an Obie Award for his role in Fucking A. Bey announced his name change in 2011 and retired from the entertainment industry in 2016.
