UMos Def (Dante Terrell Smith) wazalelwa edolobheni laseMelika elisendaweni edumile yaseNew York eBrooklyn. Umculi wesikhathi esizayo wazalwa ngo-December 11, 1973. Umndeni walowo mfana awuzange uhluke ngamathalenta akhethekile, noma kunjalo, abantu abaseduze kusukela eminyakeni yokuqala baqaphela ubuciko bengane. Ucule izingoma ngentokozo, ehaya izinkondlo ngesikhathi esibizwa ngamakhonsathi asekhaya phambi kwezihambeli ezishisekayo.
Umntwana wayethanda ukudlala enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini, ngakho wayekujabulela ukuhlanganyela ezenzakalweni ezinjalo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lo mfana waqala ukubhala izinkondlo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-9, lo mfana waqamba umbhalo wokuqala we-rap. Phakathi neminyaka yesikole, ingane yayibamba iqhaza emidlalweni ye-amateur.
Kanye nabangane abavela ezifundweni zakhe, waqala ukubhala izingoma futhi enze emakhonsathini. Omunye wemisebenzi yokuqala wakhuthaza izingane zesikole ukuba zithuthukise okuthile okwengeziwe. Lesi kwakuyisiqalo somsebenzi omkhulu owazuza izinhliziyo zezigidi zezethameli esikhathini esizayo.
Kwaqala kanjani konke ku-Mos Def?
I-Mos Def yathola ukuthandwa okubanzi kuma-90s, lapho abalandeli beqala ukubonisa isithakazelo emsebenzini we-Urban Thermo Dynamics. Iqembu lidalwe amalungu omndeni: umfowethu nodadewabo osaziwayo. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-hip-hop yayisezingeni eliphezulu lokuduma. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho ikhono lokuhaya izinkondlo nokuzihaya lafika khona.
Ngo-1993, ithimba lasayina isivumelwano sokubambisana ne-Payday Records Corporation. Iqembu labikezelwa ikusasa elihle. Abafana ngokwabo bagqugquzelwa yisiteji esisha empilweni yabo yokudala.
Nokho, ukubambisana nenkampani yokuqopha kuphele ngezingoma ezimbili kuphela eziphume estudiyo. I-disc ebizwa ngokuthi "Manifest Destiny" ayizange ikhishwe, ishiywe ukuze iqoqe uthuli eshalofini. Walala lapho iminyaka eyishumi, kwaze kwaba yilapho kuqala isithakazelo esisebenzayo emsebenzini weqembu.
Abazibonele bathi ekuqaleni kwawo-90, uMos Def wabonisa ukuthakasela indlela ethile yomculo, aphumelela ukuyenza. Amazwi akhe oqobo aqoqe abalandeli nabalandeli balesi sitayela. Umfana waba nethuba elihle lokuzibonakalisa eminyakeni emibili kamuva.
Ngalesi sikhathi, wakhohlwa nge-hip-hop, ethathwe yinto entsha yakhe. Ngokuhambisanayo, waqala umsebenzi wokulingisa owaqala esemncane. Ngalezo zinsuku, lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, wamenywa ukuba ahlanganyele ekuqopheni ifilimu. Ifilimu enezingxenye eziningi ethi "Cosby Mysteries" yathatha iminyaka emibili.
Ukuqhubeka komsebenzi womculo we-Mos Def
Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi kusukela ngo-1997, kwaqala ukuvela uhlelo oluxhumanisa i-hip-hop nezigelekeqe. Iqembu elincane kuphela labaculi elikwazile ukukhuthaza isiqondiso somculo ngezindlela eziphucuzekile, okwenza isithombe esihle somculi. Ngalesi sikhathi, uMos uhlangana nendoda eyamkhipha ekuqoshweni kochungechunge futhi yamnika ukuthi aqophe umculo.
Ngaleso sikhathi, le nsizwa yagxila ngokuphelele ekulingiseni futhi ayizange icabange ukucabanga ngomsebenzi womculi noma isisebenzi somculo. Nokho, ukuphila kuthanda ukwethula lezimanga ezingalindelekile. Esikhathini esizayo, uMaseo waba umdidiyeli wakhe, futhi ngaleso sikhathi wahlatshwa umxhwele ithalente Dante Terrell Smith.
Omunye wemisebenzi yokuqala yalo mfana kwakuyivesi elithi "Big Brother Beats" elivela ku-albhamu evusa amadlingozi ebizwa ngokuthi "Stakes is High" kaDe La Soul. Ngempumelelo ehlukahlukene, iqhawe lethu liya phambili endaweni entsha yakhe. Kuhambisana nenhlanhla, kanye nokukhuphuka nokwehla. Ngalesi sikhathi, uhlangana noTalib Kweli. Lokhu kunikeza umzuliswano omusha kumlando wabaculi. Ukwenziwa ngokusemthethweni kwesitayela kuyaqala kanye nokuhoxa kwaso ekugaseleni kwesithunzi esingabazisayo.
Ukuqopha imuvi nokwakha iqembu
Ngo-1997, uMos wabuyela ekulingiseni kumafilimu. Ngemva kwesikhashana, wathola imiklomelo eminingi kulo mkhakha. Umphakathi waqala ukuqaphela umlingisi futhi ulinde ukukhululwa komsebenzi wakhe. Kungonyaka wezi-2004, insizwa, egqugquzelwe yimibono emisha, ingena endimeni yomculo ngecwecwe elithi "The New Danger".
Lo mculi wawuthanda umsebenzi wakhe.Wamlethela injabulo yangempela kanye nethuba lokulwela amalungelo abantu abamnyama nokuvezwa kwamakhono abo. Ngakho-ke, kanye nabaseMelika baseMelika, udala iqembu, elibiza ngokuthi uBlack Jack Johnson. Ithimba lihlale lintanta isikhashana, labe selihlukana. Yilowo nalowo wahamba indlela yakhe.
Ngo-2005, egqugquzelwa wuthando, lo mculi wangena emgwaqeni ne-hip hop engalungile. NgoSepthemba 26, 2006, kwakhululwa i-albhamu eyedwa entsha ethi "True Magic". Umzabalazo womculo omsulwa ongenalo udlame nokungabi nabulungisa uyaqhubeka kuso sonke isigaba sokudala empilweni yomculi.
Ngaphansi kwegama lakhe lokuqamba, uphinde wakhipha i-albhamu ngo-2009 ebizwa ngokuthi "The Ecstatic". Kakade ngo-2012, umculi wanquma ukushintsha igama lakhe lokuqamba, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uzibiza ngokuthi Yasiin Bey. Ngegama elisha, udala i-albhamu ngo-2016 ethi "Yasiin Bey Presents", okwamanje okubhekwa njengeyokugcina kumlando wakhe.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Mos Def
Lo mculi washada nengoduso yangaphambili yomculi waseCanada ngo-2005. Igama lakhe ngu-Allana. Manje umculi ugcina amakhasi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ubhala okuthunyelwe, ubiza ezincwadini zakhe ukuthuthukisa umculo wangempela. Sithemba ukuzwa izingoma eziningi ezintsha ezivela ku-Mos Def.
