Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

Rapper Mos Def is widely considered one of the most talented hip hop artists to have emerged from the nineties music scene.
As one of the biggest names on the underground label Rawkus, he released an album under the name Black Star with Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, as well as the critically acclaimed debut album ‘Black On Both Sides’. Later on in his career, he would experiment with rock and blues, while also acting in movies such as ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’.
Mos Def is also known for his social and political activism. Last year marked his comeback as a recording artist with the album ‘The Ecstatic’, which was widely praised.