Yasiin Bey Returns to New York, Says Goodbye to Hip-Hop in Farewell Apollo Theater Show

Yasiin Bey, formerly and most commonly known as Mos Def, came up in the late-’90s with the anti-mainstream task force known as Rawkus Records. Bey’s skill and scope pushed him atop the label’s roster, as his gifts as an MC allowed him to fit a wellspring of ideas into his prose. Exploring street mathematics and Afrocentrism in his…