Complex

Watch Joey Badass Cover Mos Def’s 'Black on Both Sides' Track “UMI Says”

Joey Badass covered Mos Def’s “UMI Says” in the latest edition of Australian radio station Triple J’s Like a Version series. Backed by a live band featuring rising Zimbabwe-born, Melbourne-based ...
Hypebeast

Joey Bada$$ Performs Extended Cover of Mos Def's "UMI Says"

During an appearance on Australian radio station Triple J, Joey Bada$$ delivered a melodic cover of Mos Def’s ”UMI Says,” off his 1999 debut studio album. In Triple J’s “Like A Version” segment, which ...
NME

Listen to Lion Babe’s vibrant take on Mos Def classic ‘Umi Says’

The song, which originally appeared on Mos Def’s debut album ‘Black On Both Sides’, is a rallying cry that calls for all Black people to be freed in the wake of racial injustice. American R&B duo Lion ...
Miami New Times

Throwback Tuesdays: Mos Def “Umi Says”

So with the large scale hip-hop extravaganza, Rock the Bells, coming up this Saturday, it seems fitting to kick off this week’s version of Throwback Tuesdays with an artist performing at the concert.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Joey Bada$$ covers Mos Def 'UMI Says' for Like A Version

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Joey Bada$$ pays homage to a hip hop icon in the Like A Version studio. Taking things back to 1999, the ...
AllHipHop

Drake Fires Back At Mos Def For Saying His Music Is Pop—Not Hip-Hop

Champagne Papi uses a Method Man clip to respond to the “Umi Says” rapper. Mos Def had the Hip-Hop world talking in recent days. His take on Drake’s music became a trending topic on social media.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Behind Joey Bada$$'s cover of Mos Def for Like A Version

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Joey Bada$$ describes his connection to Mos Def and 'UMI Says'. "It is one of my favourite songs of all ...
AllHipHop

Sheron Smith: Umi Says

Sheron Umi Smith has been immortalized on record with one of the most powerful rap odes ever written, Umi Says by her son Mos Def. On the song, Mos reiterates much of his mother s wisdom with quotes ...
Okayplayer

Watch Joey Bada$$ Cover Mos Def's Classic "Umi Says"

Temporary stoppage funding has been passed through the Senate to reopen the federal government through Jan. 30 in exchange for a near-future vote on ACA funding. 29 minutes ago In a post-performance ...
Rolling Stone

Joey Bada$$ Delivers Melodic Cover of Mos Def’s ‘UMI Says’

Joey Bada$$ paid a visit to the Australian radio station Triple J to cover Mos Def‘s single “Umi Says” from his 1999 debut solo studio album. The performance was part of the station’s “Like A Version” ...
NME

Watch Joey Bada$$ cover Mos Def’s ‘UMI Says’

Joey Bada$$ has stopped by Australian radio station triple j to cover Mos Def‘s 1999 ‘Black On Both Sides’ cut ‘UMI Says’. READ MORE: Joey Bada$$ – Soundtrack Of My Life The rapper, who has been ...