American Born Mos Def Barred from entering the U.S.

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18 points·davidcoronado··6 comments

The story seems very incomplete... they quote him saying that he lived in NYC for 33 years and that for someone like him to want to leave there must be something really wrong with US, but then offer zero substance on what actually is going on.

This is the closing line: "It is unclear what kind of discrepancies are holding up his re-entry into the U.S."

Is this something that is well known and I've just been hiding under a rock?

> there must be something really wrong with US

He's talking about declining math levels in schools, right?

Every article I found is quoting this: http://togetherboston.com/news-mos-def-cancels-upcoming-us-t...

I don't understand how there isn't any update, considering it's been 9 days.

I'm not a hip hop afficionado so I don't know the answer, did this guy give up his American citizenship?

Not according to his Wikipedia article, at least.

My theory was that the govt wasn't letting him back in the country because someone saw the Hitch Hiker's Guide movie and decided to enforce a minimum standard...

Not clear.

If he obtained South African citizenship, it's possible that he would have lost or renounced his US citizenship as a result -- it's not uncommon for a naturalization process to require renouncing the prior citizenship. US law is also a bit weird about allowing multiple citizenship.

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