Mos Def Modern Gadfly

For years Mos Def has been analytical of the world and his surrondings. He is a legend in the hiphop community and has enjoyed commercial success as an actor. In his songs he sends messages about politics, race realtions, and the black conciousness. Songs like Theives In The Night, and Mr.Nigga deal with how Americans see blacks, and how blacks see themselves. The song Dollar Day, which takes aim directly toward former President George W. Bush, displays Mos' feeling of shunning and ignoring the black community from the highest head in Government. He has starred on the Chappelles's Show multiple times, and one of the more memorable episodes is the Black George Bush skit. Mos played the Black Head of CIA in which he displayed to the press he had found yellow cake in Iraq, making fun of the actual incident. Over the past decade Mos Def has been one of the most respected and acclaimed concious black voices in America along with Spike Lee, Cornell West, Nas, and many others.