photo: Yasiin Bey in Chicago in 2015 (more by James Richards IV)
Yasiin Bey, fka Mos Def, was reportedly arrested in a South African airport. According to AP:
Mos Def has 14 days to leave South Africa after he was arrested for violating local immigration laws while trying to leave the country, a government spokesman said Friday.
The rapper and actor, who now goes by the name Yasiin Bey, appeared in a South African court after he was arrested at Cape Town International airport on Thursday, said Department of Home Affairs spokesman Mayihlome Tshwete.
Mos Def produced an unrecognized “world passport” when he tried to leave the country, Tshwete said.
The 42-year-old entertainer entered the country on an American passport in 2013 and overstayed his visitor’s permit by 2014, the spokesman said.
He’s been living in South Africa since 2013, and he could face a five-year ban from returning.