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Mos Def
Mos Def


Background information
Birth name Dante Terrell Smith
Born December 11, 1973
Born place Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Origin Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Years active 1994—present
Label(s) Geffen Records
Rawkus Records
Priority Records
Downtown Records
GOOD Music
Associated acts Kanye West
The Roots
Gorillaz
Soulquarians
Blakroc
Talib Kweli
Curren$y
Jay Electronica
Black Star
Native Tongues Posse
Dave Chappelle
Immortal Technique



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X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK Charts

November 28, 2010
X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK ChartsThe X Factor finalists have gone straight in at number one on the UK singles chart with their charity single 'Heroes'.

The track, a cover version of the David Bowie classic, features all 16 of this year's finalists, and pushed JLS off the top spot.

Rihanna had two entries in this week's chart with 'Only Girl (In The World)' slipping to number five and new sngle 'What's My Name' featuring Drake entered the chart at number ten.

Elsewhere, Ellie Goulding climbed one spot to number two with 'Your Song', while Olly Murs scored his second UK top 10 with 'Thinking Of Me'.

In the album chart, Take That's 'Progress' held the top spot for the second week running, selling more than 580,000 copies. The other new entry in this week's album chart was JLS's 'Outta This World' at number two.

(by Holly Frith)



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