Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey

出生 : 1973-12-11, Brooklyn, New York, USA

略歴

Regarded as one of hip hop's most introspective and insightful artists, Yasiin Bey, known professionally as Mos Def, has shaped a career that transcends music genres and artistic medium. A child of hip hop's Golden Era, the native Brooklynite spent his childhood imbedded in the culture surrounding him, as well as absorbing knowledge from across the artistic spectrum. With the release of "Universal Magnetic" (1996) under the well-known moniker Mos Def, he became an underground favorite in the hip-hop world, leading to his legendary collaboration with Talib Kweli. The two formed Black Star whose debut album, Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star, would become one of the most critically acclaimed hip-hop albums. Mos followed with his 1999 solo debut, Black On Both Sides, which was certified gold and credited by critics as bringing hip hop back to its soapbox roots. As with his music, Mos has demonstrated insight and passion with his acting career, appearing in Spike Lee's Bamboozled, MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera, 2002's critically acclaimed Monster's Ball, Showtime, and the 2002 romantic comedy Brown Sugar, for which he received an NAACP Image Award nomination. Mos completed his Broadway debut in 2002 in the Tony-nominated, Pulitzer Prize-winning, Topdog/Underdog. Mos re-teamed with Topdog playwright, Suzan Lori Parks and director George Wolfe for the off-Broadway play Fucking A, for which he was awarded an Obie Award. In 2003, Mos Def starred in Paramount Pictures' The Italian Job alongside Ed Norton, Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron. In 2004, Mos Def starred opposite Alan Rickman in the critically acclaimed HBO movie Something the Lord Made, for which he received a 2004 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie. Def was also nominated for both a Golden Globe Award (Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture) and Golden Satellite Award (Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television) for the same role. Mos Def continued his music career by releasing his highly anticipated and critically acclaimed sophomore solo release, The New Danger (2004). The album was met with praise from both critics and fans alike. The first single, "Sex, Love and Money" earned Def a 2005 Grammy nomination for Best Alternative/Urban Performance, and the album has been certified gold by the RIAA. The following year, he appeared alongside Bruce Willis in the crime thriller 16 Blocks (2006), in Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, and had a cameo appearance in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Also in 2006, he released his third solo album, True Magic. The next year, he appeared in the 2007 PBS historical documentary, Prince Among Slaves, and in 2008 he played the role of Chuck Berry in Cadillac Records. In 2009, Def released the album The Ecstatic, which proved to be his second highest-charting album to date. He also appeared in the urban comedy, Next Day Air and guest-starred in an episode of the FOX TV series, House. He appeared (as himself) in the 2010 mockumentary film I’m Still Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix. Mos Def announced in September of 2011 that he had changed his name to Yasiin Bey, and would go by it henceforth. In the first month of 2016, Bey declared his retirement from both the film and music industries.

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参加作品

Hargrove
Himself
Jazz trumpet legend Roy Hargrove, deemed by his peers as a musical prophet, up close and personal like you have never seen him before. The film follows Grammy award winning Roy Hargrove from Los Angeles, Paris, New York, Vienne, Perugia, Sète, Sorrento and Marseille during a summer European tour in what would be the last year of his life. An epic love letter from first time director Eliane Henri, the film features interviews and live performances by Roy inclusive of musical icons Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Mos Def, Robert Glasper, Wynton Marsalis and Sonny Rollins who reflect on the magic of his music, Roy's impact on the next generation and his place in the history of jazz. Key conversations reverberate beyond Roy's personal story and enter the terrain of what it means to be an artist, particularly in the American context.
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
The untold story of the world’s longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z, Nas and Mary J. Blige before they hit it big. Host Ralph McDaniels’ archives — amassed over 40 nearly years — reveal the show’s importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.
Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light
My Blackest self, whose whitest death, is luxury. I am no stranger anymore. The world is love to me.
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
Self
An outstanding lineup of entertainers gathers in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to salute Dave Chappelle, recipient of the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
Himself
Focused on the life of the band and their collaborators over the 3 vital years in which they developed critically acclaimed albums, 'Humanz' and 'The Now Now', and undertook their most ambitious world tour to date.
French Tour
Focé
Far’Hook is a 20-year-old rapper. Following a violent dispute with a rival, he’s forced to leave Paris for a while. His producer, Bilal, suggests that Far’Hook acts as driver for Bilal’s father, Serge, on a tour of French ports, following in the footsteps of the classic painter Joseph Vernet. Despite the age gap and culture clash, an unlikely friendship forms between this talented rapper and a bricklayer from the north of France during a road trip that concludes in Marseille for a final concert, one of reconciliation.
AMY エイミー
Self
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Life of Crime
Ordell Robbie
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
はじまりのうた
Saul
製作した曲が映画に採用された恋人のデイヴとともにイギリスからニューヨークへやってきたシンガーソングライターのグレタだったが、デイヴの浮気により彼と別れて、友人のスティーヴを頼る。スティーブは失意のグレタを励まそうとライブバーに連れていき、彼女を無理やりステージに上げる。グレタが歌っていたところ、偶然その場に居合わせた落ち目の音楽プロデューサー・ダンの目に留まる。ダンはグレタに一緒にアルバムを作ろうと持ち掛ける。
Standard Operating Procedure
Yasiin Bey appears in a video demonstrating the Standard Operating Procedure for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Himself
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Self
Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.
I'm Still Here
Mos Def
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
Bouncing Cats
This documentary follows the efforts of Abraham "Abramz" Tekya and Breakdance Project Uganda (BPU) to use dance to empower youth in war-torn Uganda. The film is a testimony of Crazy Legs of Rock Steady Crew and his experiences in the BPU program. The film features narration by Common and additional interviews with Mos Def, will.i.am and K'Naan. Also appearing in the film is Okot Jolly Grace, whose guidance enabled the filmmakers to see and understand the plight of children in northern Uganda.
The Making of Plastic Beach
Self
A documentary about the production, recording and development of Gorillaz' third studio album, Plastic Beach.
Next Day Air
Eric
Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten people's lives forever.
キャデラック・レコード ~音楽でアメリカを変えた人々の物語~
Chuck Berry
1947年、シカゴ。ポーランド系移民の若き野心家レナード・チェスの経営するクラブでは黒人ミュージシャンたちがライブ演奏を行っていた。その中の一人、ギタリストのマディ・ウォーターズは陽気なハーモニカ奏者リトル・ウォルターと組んだ新しいバンド・スタイルで評判を呼んでいた。チェスはさっそくマディにレコーディングの話を持ちかける。やがて彼らの歌声は人種の壁を突き崩し、ついにラジオからも流れ始める。その後も、チャック・ベリーやエタ・ジェイムズら所属アーティストがヒットを飛ばし、その度にチェスは彼らに成功の証としてキャデラックをプレゼントするのだった。
Passaic Mosaic
Thanks
A short documentary, looking at life in Passaic, New Jersey, whilst the film Be Kind Rewind (2008) is being shot there.
Prince Among Slaves
Narrator
Abdul Rahman, an African prince who was sold into slavery, spent four decades in servitude before an amazing coincidence took him to the White House to meet President John Quincy Adams, where he was granted his freedom. Mos Def narrates this PBS documentary that includes reenactments of scenes from Rahman's life and interviews with historians who discuss the conditions faced by slaves in early America.
僕らのミライへ逆回転
Mike
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
In Prison My Whole Life
Self
William Francome is a fairly typical, white middle-class guy. Typical except for the fact that he is about to embark on a journey into the dark heart of the American judicial system; the tangled world of renowned Death Row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.
タラデガ・ナイト オーバルの狼
Mos Def
The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck.
Journey to the End of the Night
Wemba
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine and his father is married with the former prostitute Angie, and they have a little son. When a client is killed by his wife in their establishment, they find a suitcase with drugs.
16ブロック
Eddie Bunker
張り込み明けの刑事ジャック(ブルース・ウィリス)は、仮釈放中に悪事を犯した囚人エディ(モス・デフ)をNY市警本部のあるパーク・ロウから16ブロック(約1.6km)離れたセンター・ストリートの裁判所まで護送し、証言させることに。しかし、その途中、何者かに襲撃された2人は近くのバーに身を潜め、応援を待つことになる。やがて、ジャックの元相棒フランク(デヴィッド・モース)が現れるが……。
Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops
A documentary on the secret dossiers that police, FBI, and task agencies have compiled on hip-hop performers and industry executives.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Self - (as Mos Def)
The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
銀河ヒッチハイク・ガイド
Ford Prefect
宇宙バイパス建設のために、ある日突然、地球は破壊されてしまう。宇宙人に救出され、最後の地球人となってしまったのは、ごく平凡な英国男性のアーサー・デント。宇宙でのサバイバル術を銀河系最大のベストセラー「銀河ヒッチハイク・ガイド」で学び、生き残りをかけて宇宙をさまよう。<伝説的SF小説「銀河ヒッチハイク・ガイド」を、原作の世界観をそのままに、空前のスケールと大胆なビジュアル・センスで完全映画化した作品。監督は、ミュージック・ビデオとコマーシャルの分野で活躍するガース・ジェニングス。脚本は、2001年に他界した原作者ダグラス・アダムス自身が執筆した幻の遺稿を採用。オリジナリティに満ちたSFエンターテインメントの傑作。>
Lackawanna Blues
The Bandleader
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
The Woodsman
Sgt. Lucas
A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
Something the Lord Made
Vivien Thomas
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Civil Brand
Michael Meadows
Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly-African-American female prison, Whitehead Correctional, try to take over the institution. At the core of the story is Frances, who finds herself in prison after being falsely convicted of murder, and who is told that her baby has been murdered, sparking her to lead her fellow inmates in the protest
ミニミニ大作戦
Left Ear
チャーリーが率いる犯罪のプロチームは、たくさんの金塊を盗み出すのに成功。だがその直後、仲間のスティーヴが裏切り、金塊を独り占めした上、チャーリーが父のように慕う金庫破りの達人ジョンの命までも奪ってしまう。1年後。チャーリーたちはスティーヴから金塊を取り戻すため、小回りの利くミニ・クーパーを使った大胆な作戦を計画。ジョンの娘ステラを新たな仲間に加え、手始めに美貌を持つステラをスティーヴに接近させる。
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Himself
Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Letts's documentary, Gil tells his own story for the first time-from being one of the first black children to integrate an all white Southern state school to becoming the Godfather of Rap. There are contributions from Chuck D, Mos Def, Richi Havens and the Last Poets, among others. Filmed in October 2003, Gil performs live and recites poetry out on the streets of Harlem, which have inspired so much of his music.
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Himself
This documentary praises comedian Richard Pryor by showing fragments of various shows Pryor made and having famous comedians talk about the importance and greatness of Pryor. Different themes are reviewed this way. Among others, they are the use of the word nigger, the way Pryor talked about racism, the fact Pryor talked openly about his own faults on-stage and the fact he didn't mince matters.
Brown Sugar
Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon
Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory.
ショウタイム
Lazy Boy
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
チョコレート
Ryrus Cooper
ハンクはアメリカ南部の刑務所で死刑囚棟の看守を長年務めてきた男。彼の父も同じ看守を務め、今は息子のソニーが同じ道を歩み始めたところだった。ハンクは父譲りの人種差別主義者だったが、息子のソニーは心の優しい人間で、そんなハンクの考え方に疑問を感じていた。黒人の囚人ローレンス・マスグローヴの処刑の日、ハンクとソニーが電気椅子に向かうローレンスに付き添うことになったが、慣れないソニーは執行の直前に取り乱してしまった。刑の執行後、自らの職務に厳格なハンクはそんなソニーの態度を厳しく叱責してしまう。
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Lt. Miller
An engaged Philadelphia policeman falls in love with a beautiful woman while dealing with a corrupt superior.
Island of the Dead
Robbie J
Stranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of supernatural flies.
Bamboozled
Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika
TV producer Pierre Delacroix becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Himself
From neighborhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, "Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme" captures the electrifying energy of improvisational hip-hop--the rarely recorded art form of rhyming spontaneously. Like preachers and jazz solos, freestyles exist only in the moment, a modern-day incarnation of the African-American storytelling tradition. Shot over a period of more than seven years, it is already an underground cult film in the hip-hop world. The film systematically debunks the false image put out by record companies that hip-hop culture is violent or money-obsessed. Instead, it lets real hip-hop artists, known and unknown, weave their story out of a passionate mix of language, politics, and spirituality.
Where's Marlowe?
Wilt Crawley
After making a disastrous 3-hour documentary on New York City's water supply, two young filmmakers focus on the goings-on of life in the LA offices of Boone and Murphy, private investigators. Cheating husbands and missing dogs fail to bring in the big bucks, however, and after sleeping with the wife of one of their clients Murphy leaves. To stop Boone from having to close down the business, the filmmakers must resort to a more hands-on approach in the investigations to ensure the completion of their movie.
Ghosts
Dante
In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion in an attempt to run Maestro out of town.
ハード・ウェイ
Dead Romeos
パーティ・クラッシャーと呼ばれる連続殺人犯を追うNY市警の刑事モスの下に、演技派転向を狙うアイドル・スター、ラングが刑事の役づくりを目的にやって来た。案の定、ラングは連続殺人鬼を追うモスの邪魔ばかりして……。マイケル・J・フォックス、ジェームズ・ウッズ主演によるアクション・コメディ
God Bless the Child
Richard Watkins
Single mother, Theresa Johnson, becomes homeless, loses her job and tries to survive with her young daughter, Hillary, through charities and public shelters.