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TIL rapper Mos Def began his career as an actor. Before the release of his critically acclaimed album 'Black On Both Sides' in 1998, he had already starred in multiple sitcoms, had a Visa commerci... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL rapper Mos Def began his career as an actor. Before the release of his critically acclaimed album 'Black On Both Sides' in 1998, he had already starred in multiple sitcoms, had a Visa commercial with Deion Sanders, and played a small role in the short film 'Ghosts' alongside Michael Jackson

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

He was on the short-lived “Cosby Mysteries”, credited as Dante Smith or Dante Beze.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

His line "I had. A bad. Experience. Damn it, I'm deaf" in The Italian Job is still one of my favorite movie lines ever