Mos Def is hoping to draw attention to what he sees as equities in the United States' criminal justice system with the 10th annual "Black August" benefit concert at The Nokia Theater in New York .

Mos Def throws darts at the gossip blogs in an interview with the AP:

“People in key positions as artists, programmers, presidents, chairmen — they’re letting their people down. Wake up!” Mos Def said. “If (Tupac Shakur) could get killed, then your life means nothing, no matter if you have 100 cents or a 100 million.”

“There’s certainly more urgent issues in the world,” he said. “It’s that whole entire gossip industry, as it relates to us (black people), and what we have to do, and what our position is on a global level — it’s just totally counterproductive.”

I tend to agree I was looking at the other blogs going against my blog in the BWA's (vote for me) and they all seem to be carbon copies of Crunk & Disorderly, Nah Right and Smoking Section I mean do something different Folks.