Mos Def Concert History

Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), now known by the stage name Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), is a Grammy Award-nominated rapper and actor. He now works under the nom de plum Yasiin Bey, and has performed under the aliases Mighty Mos Def, The Freaky Night Watchman, Boogie Man, Black Dante and Pretty Flaco. He began rapping in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics in 1994, and then formed the duo Black Star with Talib Kweli in 1998.

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 18, 2001 –
Aug 19, 2001
V Festival 2001
Coldplay / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Muse / Foo Fighters / Snow Patrol / Phoenix / Nelly Furtado / Kylie Minogue / David Gray / Mos Def / Zero 7 / Ben Folds / Faithless / Doves / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Wheatus / The Charlatans / The Avalanches / Texas / Starsailor / Embrace / Toploader / Turin Brakes / The Divine Comedy / Powderfinger / Idlewild / Atomic Kitten / Shed Seven / Ed Harcourt / Neil Finn / Jimmy Barnes / Red Snapper / JJ72 / The Spooks / Nina Persson / Witness / The Webb Brothers / Placebo Show all bands
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Weston Park Weston-under-Lizard,
Show Duplicates for Aug 18, 2001
Jul 31, 2001
Mos Def Bowery Ballroom New York, New York, United States
Jul 27, 2001
Mos Def

FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '01

Naeba Ski-jou Yuzawa, Japan
Jun 28, 2001 –
Jul 01, 2001
Roskilde Festival 2001
Coldplay / Guns N' Roses / The Cure / Bob Dylan / Beck / Phoenix / Tiësto / Modest Mouse / Queens of the Stone Age / Robbie Williams / Placebo / Deftones / Röyksopp / Mos Def / Tool / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / wyclef jean / PJ Harvey / Basement Jaxx / The Hives / Zero 7 / Manu Chao / The Dandy Warhols / Faithless / Manic Street Preachers / Patti Smith / Apocalyptica / Blue Foundation / Peaches / Aqua / Joe Bonamassa / Feeder / The Magnetic Fields / George Thorogood and The Destroyers / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Grandaddy / Mew / Stereo MCs / The Spooks / Ozomatli / Tinariwen / Håkan Hellström / Orishas / Burning Spear / Hammerfall / Saul Williams / Khaled / Danko Jones / George Thorogood / Plaid / Stratovarius / Morgan Heritage / Big Bad Voodoo Daddy / Rebirth Brass Band / Mayhem / Safri Duo / Madrugada / The Hellacopters / Arab Strap / King Khan & The Shrines / The Ark / Tahiti 80 / The Haunted / Slam / Wookie / Rokia Traoré / Natacha Atlas / Talvin Singh / The Gathering / Ram / Da Lata / Senor Coconut / Tim Christensen / JJ72 / TV-2 / Sort Sol / Chico Cesar / Africando / Portland / Issac Delgado / Danny Howells / Asylum Street Spankers / Justin Adams / Garmarna / Jeans Team / Misty In Roots / Swan Lee / T-Model Ford / Apparat Organ Quartet / Calm / Lucien Foort / Cordero / Diefenbach / Sam Mangwana / The Flaming Sideburns / Anthony Pappa / Tungtvann / Red Warszawa / Lo'jo / Dear / Super_Collider / Palle Mikkelborg / Green Lizard / Ex-girl / Kitty Wu / Feven / Ski Oakenfull / Karate / Nazarenes / Christian Bloch / Jerry Bonham / Live Human / Wynona / Lindberg Hemmer Foundation / Corvine / Thee Ultra Bimboos / Sabah Habas Mustapha / El Musico / LGBJ Show all bands
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Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Show Duplicate for Jun 28, 2001
Jun 15, 2001
Mos Def Shepherd's Bush Empire London, England, United Kingdom
May 19, 2001
Mos Def

Summer Breeze Festival

Hutchinson Courtyard Chicago, Illinois, United States
May 12, 2001
Mos Def / Jurassic 5 / Dilated Peoples / Planet Asia / Zion I / Mystic

Hip-Hop For Consciousness

Watts Labor Community Action Center Los Angeles, California, United States
May 05, 2001
Mos Def

Electric Daisy Carnival (Austin)

Thunderhill Raceway Kyle, Texas, United States
Apr 28, 2001
Aceyalone / Adam Freeland / ak1200 / Andrea Parker / Aphex Twin / Bad Company / Jason Bentley / Jason Blakemore / Blonde Redhead / Chemical Brothers / Nikka Costa / The Dandy Warhols / Del the Funky Homosapien / Detroit Grand Pubahs / Dieselboy / ...
Aceyalone / Adam Freeland / ak1200 / Andrea Parker / Aphex Twin / Bad Company / Jason Bentley / Jason Blakemore / Blonde Redhead / Chemical Brothers / Nikka Costa / The Dandy Warhols / Del the Funky Homosapien / Detroit Grand Pubahs / Dieselboy / DJ Z-Trip / Doc Martin / Fatboy Slim / Gang Starr / Ian Pooley / Iggy Pop / DJ Dara / Kruder & Dorfmeister / Christopher Lawrence / Medusa / Mos Def / TheNEWDEAL / Nortec Collective / The Orb / Ozomatli / Paul Oakenfold / Pedro The Lion / Photek / Plaid / Raymond Roker / The Roots / Saint Germain / Sigur Rós / Reprazent / Smith And Mighty / Souls of Mischief / Squarepusher / Supernatural / Tricky / Berzone / Weezer / Jane's Addiction Show all bands
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Empire Polo Club Indio, California, United States
Show Duplicates for Apr 28, 2001
Feb 23, 2001
Mos Def

NAACP Image Awards

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Universal Amphitheatre Universal City, California, United States
Jan 13, 2001
Mos Def
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Prudential Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center Newark, New Jersey, United States
Jan 07, 2001
Mos Def Ranch Bowl Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Nov 12, 2000
Mos Def / Black Eyed Peas Bailey Hall, Cornell University Ithaca, New York, United States
Oct 07, 2000
Mos Def

Okayplayer

Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center New York, New York, United States
Sep 28, 2000
Mos Def
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Higher Ground Winooski, Vermont, United States
Sep 21, 2000
Mos Def / Punch & Words / Smif-N-Wessun / Major Figgaz Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Jul 14, 2000
Mos Def

Montreux Jazz Festival

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Miles Davis Hall Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Jul 07, 2000 –
Jul 22, 2000
Montreux Jazz Festival 2000
Deep Purple / Mos Def / Groove Armada / george Benson / Everything But The Girl / Joe Satriani / Lou Reed / Suzanne vega / B.B. King / Lamb / Angie Stone / Blues Brothers / Sonic Youth / Courtney Pine / Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
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Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Jul 04, 2000
D'Angelo / Mos Def / Slum Village

The Voodoo World Tour

Marcus Amphitheater, Henry Maier Festival Park Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
May 28, 2000
Mos Def

Detroit Electronic Music Festival

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Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Rock the Bells 2007
Jul 28, 2007
 New York, New York, United States
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Jul 28, 2007
 New York, New York, United States
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Jul 28, 2007
 New York, New York, United States
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Rock the Bells 2007
Jul 28, 2007
 New York, New York, United States
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D'Angelo / Mos Def on Mar 11, 2000 [469-small]

D'Angelo / Mos Def
Mar 11, 2000
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Audiotastic Tour on Apr 13, 2002 [809-small]

Audiotastic Tour
Apr 13, 2002
 San Bernardino, California, United States
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Rock the Bells on Aug 18, 2007 [485-small]

Rock the Bells
Aug 18, 2007
 San Francisco, California, United States
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Mos Def on Jan 13, 2001 [356-small]

Mos Def
Jan 13, 2001
 Newark, New Jersey, United States
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Sasquatch! Music Festival 2009 on May 23, 2009 [039-small]

Sasquatch! Music Festival 2009
May 23 - 25, 2009
 George, Washington, United States
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Sasquatch! Music Festival 2009
May 23 - 25, 2009
 George, Washington, United States
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Sasquatch! Music Festival 2009
May 23 - 25, 2009
 George, Washington, United States
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