The rock-based Black Jack Johnson Project, his latest musical endeavor, features an amazing lineup of musicians and may prove to be Mos Def's crowning achievement. For now, this rookie group ...

On July 4, 1910, Texas-born Jack “Black Jack” Johnson became the first black heavyweight champion of the world when he easily defeated James J. Jeffries in a match in Reno. One hundred years ...

Mos Def's long-awaited sophomore full-length was five years in the making, but perhaps unwisely uses too many scraps from the nixed recording sessions of his rap-rock group Black Jack Johnson.