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US rapper Mos Def arrested at South African airport

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.

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FILE-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)

 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.

A court order to leave the country means the rapper is banned from South Africa for five years, but may appeal to officials for leniency, Tshwete said. Mos Def appeared alongside family members who were also in the country without a permit, the spokesman said.

The New York rapper has lived in Cape Town since May 2013, according to a South African newspaper, the Mail and Guardian.

Mos Def, born Dante Smith, starred in films such as The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, ”The Italian Job and Life of Crime.

Article from: bigstory.ap.org

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