Mos Def to broadcast live from Cape Town as he joins new radio station Comments. Bookmark. Cape Town - Radio is dead. ... The latest additions to the line-up are Hollywood star Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def ...

American musician, actor and artist most commonly known as Mos Def was arrested this week in South Africa on charges of using a fake passport, after his U.S. passport expired while he and his ...

Live At The Apollo: Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Is Probably Retiring, But He’s Going Out Strong. Eric Diep Contributing Writer Twitter. December 22, 2016. Getty Image ...

Last May Mos had trouble getting back into the states. The Brooklyn rapper revealed that it's hard for him to be creative in the U.S. “America is a very challenging place for me,” he said.

It’s a scene in which Mos Def, 28, doesn’t quite belong. Watch his hands: He’s absently fingering a wooden match, which he eventually uses to light a Dunhill.