11/19/2022 0 Comments Mos def the ecstatic sample![]() ![]() After returning from filming You Take the Kids in Los Angeles, and getting into a relationship with an older girl, Mos Def dropped out of high school during sophomore year. Mos Def attended middle school at Philippa Schuyler Middle School 383 in Bushwick, Brooklyn where he picked up his love for acting. He is close friends with fellow Muslim rappers Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (Q-Tip) of the rap group A Tribe Called Quest. At 19, he took his shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith. Īlthough his father was initially a member of the Nation of Islam and later followed Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, who merged into mainstream Sunni Islam from the Nation, Mos Def was not exposed to Islam until the age of 13. The eldest of 12 children and step-children, he was raised by his mother in Brooklyn, while his father lived in New Jersey. He was born Dante Terrell Smith, in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Sheron Smith and Abdul Rahman. ![]()
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