Quick Takes

The New York Daily News profiles Mos Def who continues to rise as both an mc and an actor.

Three albums with Ghanaian producer Way Deep will be released April 1st from Sacramento-based Motherland Entertainment Group.

The Hip-Hop Reader project is “designed to engage New York City public high school students in reading and discussing books, poetry, lyrics and issues important to their lives.” Funding is provided by the Verizon Foundation and involves a “partnership between the National Urban League (NUL) and Hip-Hop Summit Action Network.”