Vipa Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 (edited) Mos Def was taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduct Thursday night after an unauthorized performance outside Radio City Music Hall during the Video Music Awards, police confirmed to MTV News. He was released early Friday (September 1) morning. According to authorities, the rapper pulled up in front of the venue in a flatbed truck at around 10 p.m. for an impromptu show for the people gathered outside. An NYPD spokesperson said officers asked Mos Def and members of his entourage to shut down their operation due to crowd conditions and the overall safety of everyone involved. It wasn't clear whether Mos Def (real name: Dante Smith) ignored or refused the orders, the police spokesperson continued. Sources close to the rapper said Mos Def was performing "Katrina Clap," a freestyle indictment of the Bush administration's slow response to last year's hurricane victims in New Orleans. Read the full article here... http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539981/2...?headlines=true Edited September 2, 2006 by Vipa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDawg14 Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Props to Mos Def for keeping the real in hip-hop. People have crashed the VMAs before but because Mos Def performed a song ripping the government to shreds over Hurricane Katrina, MTV and the NYPD decided to shut it down. If more people would make music that challenged and uplifted the mind instead of the continued nonsense that's going on, people would see the government and the entertainment industry's aim to dumb down our young people and keep them uninformed and totally dependent on the government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 I can't believe they shut him down just 4 performing. That's crazy. I think it's cool that he did that tho.' God forbid they let a talented emcee rock the mic at an event like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresh_from_sofia Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 hahha my man ! :3-japsmile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny 5 Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 haha, good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 the mighty mos def!!!! i wish i was waiting outside the vmas so i could have heard it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash trey Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Major Props to Mos for keepin' it real. Does anybody know if we're going to have a Black Star/Mos Def album-- I know Talib is dropping soon, i haven't heard anything new by Mos in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresh_from_sofia Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Major Props to Mos for keepin' it real. Does anybody know if we're going to have a Black Star/Mos Def album-- I know Talib is dropping soon, i haven't heard anything new by Mos in a while. i heard Mos Def is coming with album soon ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Mos Def's fighting the power! :hail: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerkot Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 "It wasn't clear whether Mos Def (real name: Dante Smith) ignored or refused the orders, the police spokesperson continued." Thats.. thats pretty much the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissAshley Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 I heard about this like right after it happened, I don't see what the big deal is, he could've been doing worse things, I'd love to hear "Katrina Clap" though, I've always thought Mos was cool, I've heard a bit of his 'spoken' stuff on Def Poetry... it's tight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted September 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNKnoIV6BT4 Someone caught the incident on tape... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamF Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Yeah, Mos Def is fighting the power! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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