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Yasiin Bey Announces ‘Money Christmas’ Live Stream Performance, New Material

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Renowned rapper, singer, and actor yasiin bey returns with Money Christmas, his first solo material in five years. The live-streamed performance will take place on December 15 at 7:00 PM GMT / 8:00 PM CET / 2:00 PM EST on his Bandcamp platform for $7.99. This marks his first major release since the debut of his Negus sound installation in 2019.

The performance will showcase bey’s new music and feature artwork titled Osanta Bin Lyin, created in collaboration with Spanish-Moroccan artist Anuar Khalifi. Khalifi, a longtime creative partner, previously worked with bey on live performances and the short film Part of Me in 2023. The Third Line Gallery in Dubai represents both artists.

The music from Money Christmas will also be available on vinyl in the coming months, further extending bey’s rich artistic legacy.

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Yasiin Bey (AKA Mos Def) Will Debut His First New Music In 5 Years With A Livestream Performance

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Remember how, during the lockdowns for COVID-19 in 2020, livestream performances were all the rage? Well, Yasiin Bey (who you might know as backpack rap pioneer Mos Def) hasn’t forgotten; he’ll be employing the livestream performance format as he debuts his first new music in five years, Money Christmas. The performance is slated for December 15 at 2 PM EST / 11 AM PST on Bey’s Bandcamp page. Access to the stream will be $7.99; afterward, fans will be able to access recordings of the video and audio tracks by purchasing limited-edition merch — including hoodies, stickers, and T-shirts — featuring a QR code linking to the archive.

Leave it to the perennial pioneer to push an innovative way to engage with and support the music. Bey’s most recent project, 2019’s Negus, took the form of an installation at Art Basel Hong Kong. Recorded in London in 2015, Negus will reportedly never be released on physical media or streaming services, meaning it can only be experienced live — sorta like that one-of-one Wu-Tang Clan album the Pharma Bro held hostage a few years ago. More recently, Bey reunited with Black Star partner in rhyme Talib Kweli to release their second album as a group, No Fear Of Time, nearly 25 years after their debut. Once again, they innovated; the album was initially only available exclusively on the podcast platform Luminary. Last year, though, they finally made it available on vinyl via Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Money Christmas will stream live on 12/15 and replay for 48 hours on Bandcamp.