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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Plan B, Everything Everything Win South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2011

January 25, 2011

Plan B and Everything Everything were the musical winners at this year’s South Bank Sky Arts Awards in London.

The rapper-turned-singer was presented the Pop Music award for his album ‘The Defamation of Strickland Banks’ by Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood.

Everything Everything beat names from the comedy and TV worlds to win Times Breakthrough.

The ceremony was hosted by Melvyn Bragg, who said the winners proved that the “arts in this country are vibrant and thriving”.

Other winners included the low-budget film Monster,s which carried off Best Film, while This is England ’86 won TV Drama.

Veteran actress Dame Judi Dench collected The Dorchester Outstanding Achievement Award.

The South Bank Sky Arts Awards will be broadcast on Sky Arts 1 HD tonight (January 25) at 9pm.

(by Jason Gregory)

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