Video: Mos Def - A Tribute To King Michael - Live at the House of Blues Chicago

"This Is It" , the highly anticipated Michael Jackson movie consisting of selected footage of his last rehearsals, and directed by his long time choregrapher Kenny Ortega , will eventually reach theaters worldwide on October 30th. A press release from Sony Entertainment has finally confirmed the information yesterday. In other MJ related news, a cover of Billie Jean by legendary rapper LL Cool J has recently surfaced. You can fully stream this tribute from the man who had an international hit in 1995 with another [...]

Mos Def goes on stage to perform Billie Jean

First, let it be said that the Mighty Mos Def + The King Of Pop = a damn good show. So Mos mosies his way into yours truly’s hometown and gets his “mic check one-two” on at the House Of Blues two Sundays ago, right ? Now I’m always down to see Black Dante do his thing because he has one of the more unexpected stage shows in hip hop, no two are the same. But call it arrogance if you will but I always expect him to rock a little harder whenever he comes to the Windy and [...]

Live at Chicago's The House Of Blues, shout to Jay Smooth.

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Mos Def knows how to moonwalk.

I don't want to talk about my luck at the Mos Def show, that's something for the memoirs, haha...Anyway, the Mighty Mos paid tribute to Michael Jackson by covering the King of Pop's "Billie Jean".  It's somewhere above Biz Markie's cover of "Benny and The Jets" and Jimi Hendrix's "Like A Rolling Stone".  Check it out below.

A Michael Jackson tribute seems to become near obligatory now (not that I mind) and Mos Def channelled the little King of Pop in him and performed a more than ok rendition of Billie Jean , even busted out the Moonwalk .

Mos Def's The Ecstatic is winning critical plaudits, and has even been sold in a unique format—if you buy a T-Shirt with the album cover on the front, you get a free digital download of the record. The hip-hop star has also been playing live, and pays a unique tribute to Michael Jackson in this clip. The fan-shot video was taken at the House of Blues in Chicago, where Mos Def did his own unique version of Jackson's "Billie Jean." It's a much slower, somewhat labored version of the song, which begins [...]

I know I just hit you with a bunch of videos, but I couldn't pass this up. Rappers rapping about Michael Jackson is an okay tribute, but how many of them can actually take on an MJ song? Mos Def puts his spin on "Billie Jean" and sounds good! And he moonwalks! Mos Def ftw. Pigeons and Planes

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