«Rapper Mos Def ordered to leave South Africa in passport row». BBC News (på engelsk). 15. januar 2016. Besøkt 2. november 2023. «Mos Def, now known as Yasiin Bey, was held at Cape Town International Airport on Thursday after trying to leave the country with unrecognised papers.»
«The Oral History of the Native Tongues». rockthebells.com. Rock the Bells. 30. juni 2023. Arkivert fra originalen 2. november 2023. Besøkt 2. november 2023. «Talib Kweli: (---) My debut album, Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star, is soaked in the influence of the Native Tongues crew. It is quite literally our take on what De La, Tribe, and Jungle Brothers were doing years before us, with a little Big Daddy Kane/Slick Rick/Rakim-esque lyricism thrown in for good measure.»
«Mos Def, aka Yasiin Bey, undergoes force-feeding to protest Guantanamo measures». Washington Post (på engelsk). 2. desember 2021. ISSN0190-8286. Besøkt 2. november 2023. «Bey, 39, has a background in liberal activism, railing against the government response to Hurricane Katrina and the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal. He made the film with the group Reprieve, which participated in the court filings, and it’s been instantly controversial — an unflinching look at a gruesome procedure, or extremely good acting?»
«The Oral History of the Native Tongues». rockthebells.com. Rock the Bells. 30. juni 2023. Arkivert fra originalen 2. november 2023. Besøkt 2. november 2023. «Talib Kweli: (---) My debut album, Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star, is soaked in the influence of the Native Tongues crew. It is quite literally our take on what De La, Tribe, and Jungle Brothers were doing years before us, with a little Big Daddy Kane/Slick Rick/Rakim-esque lyricism thrown in for good measure.»
«Mos Def, aka Yasiin Bey, undergoes force-feeding to protest Guantanamo measures». Washington Post (på engelsk). 2. desember 2021. ISSN0190-8286. Besøkt 2. november 2023. «Bey, 39, has a background in liberal activism, railing against the government response to Hurricane Katrina and the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal. He made the film with the group Reprieve, which participated in the court filings, and it’s been instantly controversial — an unflinching look at a gruesome procedure, or extremely good acting?»