US Rapper Mos Def Arrested at South African Airport
In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, musician Mos Def speaks on a panel discussing Google's new music search in Los Angeles. The American entertainer commonly known as 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, Jan. 15, 2006. AP Photo/Matt Sayles,File
JOHANNESBURG—The American entertainer commonly known as 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.
