Recently Vans OTW held a massive event in Berlin during Bread & Butter and invited not only their latest advocates, including Lupe Fiasco, to town, but also Mos Def. They performed on stage in Berlin for hundreds of fans that had to fight to get a ticket for the exciting evening.

Check out the official video recap here below.

Our video interview with Lupe Fiasco from that same night you can check out here.

On Wednesday night Vans launched its Spring 2012 OTW footwear line during Berlin Fashion Week as part of a 3-day pop-up House of Vans experience featuring live performances by the Patta Sound System, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and new OTW advocate Lupe Fiasco.

The free exhibition by the Vans OTW advocates included photography by Parisian Dimitri Coste, an art installation by Brooklyn-based Eric Elms and vinyl toy art and sculptures by Hong Kong resident and new OTW advocate Chris Kong.

Lupe Fiasco performed crowd favorites “Kick, Push” and “Superstar.” Live music played throughout the venue and Yasiin Bey brought the house down with an inspired performance of classic favorites and new material.

Photography: Robert Wunsch/Highsnobiety.com

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Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def has released his take on Kanye and Jay-Z’s anthemic “N***s in Paris,” with “Niggas in Poorest.” The song is part of Yasiin’s Top 40 Underground freestyle project, which looks to rethink forty well known tracks through a completely different lens.

Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) – “Niggas In Poorest” (Niggas In Paris freestyle) by SoulCulture

Last night Black Star, Mos Def and Talib Kweli, appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The two performed ‘Little Borther’ and ‘You Already Knew’. All in all a great performance that you should check out here below.

Here is ‘You Already Knew’

Find the ‘Little Brother’ performance after the jump.

Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def has recently started a design collaborative with some of his friends, called Fellowship Mission. The goals of the collective are not exactly clear yet, but Fellowship Mission is supposed to be their new creative outlet, mostly for things that happen outside of music. The first product to come out of it is the Harun -No.7-  fragrence that Yasiin worked on with his good friend Chace Infinite.

“The oils are bottled in Brooklyn, NY the cultural epicenter of America’s greatest city and contain Imported Attar from the Kamauj Uttar Padesh region of India. Harun -no. 7- is 100% natural and is free of alcohol and chemicals. In the tradition of the original oils (attar) Harun -No.7- can be used a a fragrance for the body. or burned in the home.”

Of course Union is among the very first to carry the fragrance. Here below we present a video from a trip by Yasiin Bey and Chris Gibbs from Union to Paris. Yasiin talks about Fellowship Misson, so check it out.

A further look at the Harun fragrance follows after the jump.

As part of The Pursuit Of (Cool) Documentary Series, R+I Creative sits down with Coltrane Curtis to talk about the influence of jazz music and musicians on his personal style. From Miles Davis to Mos Def, he touches on the influence of their style on his personal style. Check it out!

Union’s good friend Mos Def dropped in for a visit yesterday at their LA store and grabbed a pair of shoes from the latest Union x McNairy collabo. The black and blue shoes suited him so well that they decided to head over to Feal Mor to shoot some flicks. They’re even calling them “Blue Beys” now. Check it out.

A life long b-boy, Set Free works as a cultural conduit, spending his days connecting brands to niche lifestyle. Throughout his journey, he’s collected as many stories as he has amassed sneakers (impressive), and with the “Set Free Minute” brings his experiences to life in short segments.

Set Free catches up with The Mighty Mos Def for the next installment of The Set Free Minute. Mos Def talks about why fashion is important to him as they hit New York boutiques like Prohibit & Ale et Ange.

Check out the first episode with Don Cannon here.

@iam_setfree for highsnobiety.com

It’s time for the next G.O.O.D. Firday release. This time Kanye West gets together with Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco and Big Sean on the new track, entitled “Don’t Look Down”. As usual you can get the track here.

From Kanye Wes’s GOOD Friday’s the next release has dropped. This time the artist gets together with Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, Raekwon and Charlie Wilson for “Lord Lord Lord”. You can download now here.