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Taking a cue from the Afrocentric stylings of the Native Tongues crew, which included De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest and Andres Titus, Mos Def has emerged as one of the more conscientious voices of new school hip-hop, alongside the likes of Common, Outkast, Goodie Mob and The Roots, to name just a few. A lyricist lounge staple, he gained acclaim appearing on recordings by De La Soul and Bush Babees before releasing the single "Universal Magnetic" in 1997.

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Here you can learn about the movies Mos Def acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Showtime - Lazy Boy	$85M	2002	$15M	$37.9M
The Italian Job - Left Ear, Soundtrack (performer: "The Jump Off") ("The Jump Off")	$60M	2003	$19.5M	$106M
Blade II - Soundtrack (performer: "I Against I")	$54M	2002	$32.5M	$81.6M
16 Blocks - Eddie Bunker	$52M	2006	$11.9M	$36.9M
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Ford Prefect	$50M	2005	$21.1M	$51M
The Hurricane - Soundtrack (performer: "The Hurricane")	$38M	1999	$337K	$50.7M
Be Kind Rewind - Mike	$20M	2008	$4.05M	$11.2M
Barbershop 2: Back in Business - Soundtrack (performer: "Wanna B Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong)")	$18M	2004	$24.2M	$65M
Stomp the Yard - Soundtrack (writer: "Sex Love and Money") (performer: "Sex Love and Money")	$14M	2007	$25.9M	$61.4M
Cadillac Records - Chuck Berry, Soundtrack (performer: "Maybellene", "Nadine (Is It You?)", "No Particular Place to Go", "Promised Land")	$12M	2008	$3.45M	$8.13M
Bamboozled - Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika (Julius Hopkins), Soundtrack (writer: "Blak Iz Blak") ("Blak Iz Blak")	$10M	2000	$191K	$2.19M
Brown Sugar - Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon, Soundtrack (writer: "Brown Sugar (Super Fine)", "Breakdown", "Brown Sugar (Fine)", "Brown Sugar (Raw)") (performer: "Brown Sugar (Super Fine)", "Break	$8M	2002	$10.7M	$27.4M
Journey to the End of the Night - Wemba	$6.2M	2006
Monster's Ball - Ryrus Cooper	$4M	2001	$133K	$31.3M
Where's Marlowe? - Wilt Crawley, Soundtrack (performer: "All Blues")	$3.5M	1998	$5.99K	$5.99K
Block Party (documentary) - Himself, Soundtrack (writer: "Two Words", "Definition", "Umi Says") (performer: "Two Words", "Definition", "Move Somethin'", "Umi Says", "Get By")	$3M	2005	$6.21M	$11.7M
Next Day Air - Eric	$3M	2009	$4.11M	$10M
Civil Brand - Michael Meadows	$500K	2002	$124K	$243K
Mean Creek - Soundtrack (performer: "Fear Not of Man")	$500K	2004	$29.2K	$604K
Focused Digizine #1 (video) - Blak (VO)	$50K	2004