JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An American rapper has found out the hard way that a "world passport" isn't accepted in South Africa. Mos Def must appear in court for allegedly breaking South Africa's immigration ...

The 42-year-old hip hop artist, actor and activist, whose birth name was Dante Smith but who has used the name Yasiin Bey for the last five years, was arrested in Cape Town in January after trying to ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The American rapper known as Mos Def will be allowed to leave South Africa on Tuesday after he apologised for breaking immigration laws. The rapper - whose real name is Yasiin ...

Kanye West lent his eponymous website to his good friend Yasiin Bey (commonly known as Mos Def) Tuesday night so that the New York rapper and actor could explain what’s going on in South Africa and ...

Yasiin Bey wants to go home. The Brooklyn-born rapper has been living in South Africa for the last two years, and he’s still not welcome back in the U.S. due to “legal and immigration issues.” He ...

The entertainer was arrested on Thursday in Cape Town when he produced a "World Passport" to get on a flight to Ethiopia. Hip hop artist Mos Def performs in a file photo. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Bey, ...

Hip hop star Mos Def was recently arrested in South Africa for using an unrecognised ‘world passport’. The rapper and actor, who now goes by the name Yasiin Bey, was detained at Cape Town ...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An American rapper has found out the hard way that a “world passport” isn’t accepted in South Africa. Mos Def must appear in court for allegedly breaking South Africa’s immigration ...