Mos Def just got a whole lot more radical. Mos recently hooked it up with Spank Rock and Benny Blanco to do a remix of Justice's still-growing dance single, titled, uh, "D.A.N.C.E."

In even bigger and better news, he has signed to Downtown Recordings, the home of Art Brut, Gnarls Barkley and Eagles of Death Metal. Working around young and fresh artists will hopefully inspire Mos to pick his career back up after last year's (wtf-happened-to-this-release?) True Magic.

I'm really starting to love Mos Def again. The Brooklyn-based rapper and actor made his way down to Jena, Louisiana last week to put in his two cents regarding the Jena 6 fiasco, where he ripped into some of his contemporaries.



Alongside other protestors, Mos was defending the six black students accused of assaulting some white students in the area. While there Mos simply called for more of his peers to join him in the fight, but now he's demanding quite a bit more: a national walk out.

Mos Def has expressed his disappointment and anger over what he sees as a lack of support from the entertainment industry for the Jena 6. Mos is currently in Jena, Louisiana to lend his support to the six black teens charged with assault on white students.

Sometime musicians Mos Def and Jack Black are co-starring in Michel Gondry's next movie, Be Kind Rewind.

Chris Martin, T-Pain, Mos Def and DJ Toomp will be the album's only guests.

The sentencing of former Illinois death row inmate Aaron Patterson on drug and weapons charges took a turn for the strange yesterday when rapper and actor Mos Def showed up to testify on his behalf.

Damnit Mos Def. Every once in a while you snap back from Marky Mark land to remind us all why we ever cared about you to begin.

Microsoft will continue to push its Zune media player this summer with a Live at the BBQ concert series featuring Mos Def, Common, Lil' Jon, Clipse, Lupe Fiasco, David Banner, UGK, Collie Budz, Joel Ortiz, E-40, Cham and Common.

Mos Def will continue not rapping with an upcoming film project, Bobby Zero.