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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The Verve And Katy Perry Cling To UK Chart Summits

September 8, 2008

The Verve have topped the UK album charts for a second week in a row with their reunion record, 'Forth'.

In a static week in the album chart, the only other new entry inside the top-ten was 'Breakout' by Miley Cyrus.

While The Chemical Brothers 'Brotherhood', which features a collection of their singles from the last 13 years, debuted at eleven.

In the singles chart, Katy Perry held onto the top spot for the fifth week with her controversial single 'I Kissed A Girl'.

The only other new entry inside the top-five were The Pussycat Dolls at number four with 'When I Grow Up'.

(by Jason Gregory)

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