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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Blondie, Crystal Castles, Tinie Tempah Join Rockness Line-Up

April 6, 2010

Blondie, Crystal Castles and Tinie Tempah have been added to the line-up for this summer's Rockness festival in Scotland.

The event, which runs from June 11-13 on the banks of Loch Ness, will also feature High Contrast, The Maccabees and Alabama 3.

Organisers have also announced that comedian Kevin Bridges will make a special guest appearance at the festival.

As previously reported, Rockness will be headlined by Fatboy Slim, The Strokes and Leftfield.

Tickets are on sale now.

(by Jason Gregory)

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