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Photos: Jill Scott, Migos, Yasiin Bey and others engage at this year's One Musicfest

Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) planned for this to be his final live appearance. Photo: Akili-Casundria Ramsess/Eye of Ramsess Media

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) planned for this to be his final live appearance. Photo: Akili-Casundria Ramsess/Eye of Ramsess Media
By Melissa Ruggieri
Sept 11, 2017

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

A lineup of R&B and hip-hop stars including Jill Scott, Migos, Damian Marley, Jidenna and Pastor Troy filled Lakewood Amphitheatre on Saturday for the eighth annual One Musicfest. The event also featured what is expected to be final performance of Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), who told the Associated Press backstage that he's "always going to be creating" and that he "has plans" for the future.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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