Mampara of the week: Mos Def

24 January 2016 - 02:00 By Hogarth

For most of his career he was known as the Mr Nice Guy of hip-hop, the rapper who didn't swear or call women nasty names. But since Dante Smith - also known as Mos Def - changed his name to Yasiin Bey, he has been behaving strangely.First he renounced his US citizenship even though America has been nothing but good for his music and acting career. He then settled in Cape Town, calling South Africa his motherland.This Mampara, who shot to fame with hip-hop hit Travellin' Man, now wants the world to boycott South Africa just because the Department of Home Affairs rejected his fraudulent "world passport"?He should just chill and nicely ask Uncle Sam for his Green Book back...

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