Brooklyn Honors Mos Def

The New York Times reports that on March 10, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, a 20-foot-high depiction of the rapper and actor Mos Def was ceremoniously unfurled outside the Restoration Plaza shopping center. “People here know and love and respect Mos – he’s very pro-Bed-Stuy, and Bed-Stuy is very pro-Mos Def,” said Brian Tate, a marketing consultant who devised the idea of celebrating noted Bedford-Stuyvesant figures. Read more.