#FreshRadio Lineup…Tuesday December 11, 2012 Happy Birthday Mos Def!!!
11 December 2012 Fresh Radio
Mos Def — born Dante Smith — turns 39 today (Tuesday).
- Mos began his career in a short-lived group called Urban Thermo Dynamics with his younger brother DCQ and younger sister Ces. In 1996, he began a solo career with the underground single, “Universal Magnetic” and signedwith Rawkus Records.
- After joining Rawkus, he formed the group BlackStar with Talib Kweli. Their first album, Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star, came out in 1998. After Rawkus collapsed, Mos and Kweli signed with Interscope/Geffen. Mos has since moved on to Kanye West‘s G.O.O.D. Music.
- Mos’s solo albums are 1999’s Black on Both Sides, 2004’s The New Danger, 2006’s True Magic and 2009’sThe Ecstatic.
- Mos’s acting work includes The Woodsman, the HBO film Something the Lord Made, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy and Cadillac Records, in which he portrayed Chuck Berry.
- Lately, the rumor mill has been pointing to a BlackStar reunion.
10:16 a est: Fresh House (House Headz Music Pt.1) with Chitronix (Chicago/Bahrain)
Noon: Legends At Noon…a classic mix for the West from the West and the legendary station KDAY 1580 …a megamix!
1p est: Mos Def debut album Black On Both Sides in it’s entirety!
3p est: Da Shelter with DJ Mista Nice (New Jersey)
4p est: Wildstyle with DJ Seven (Las Vegas)
5p est: Fresh Radio Mixtape (LIVE) with DJ Bee (Philly/VA/SMC)
6p est: #Decoded!!!! Ready To Die vs Illmatic …both in it’s entirety!
9p est: The 5th Element Of Hip- Hop with DJ Bee
10p est: Subsoniq Radio
DJ Bee 1580, Black On Both Sides, Chitronix, DJ Bee, DJ Mista Cham, Fresh House, Fresh Radio, Full Length, KDAY, Legends At Noon, Mos Def, The Shelter, West Coast, Wildstyle, Yasin Bey