Yasiin Bey Retires From Rap; Shares Audio Message On South Africa Situation

Yasiin Bey Announces Retirement In “No More Parties In S.A. (Freestyle)”

Just a day after releasing the song “No More Parties In L.A.,” Kanye West took on Twitter on Tuesday night with a message from Yasiin Bey (Mos Def). The audio message, posted on Kanye’s website, turned out to be Yasiin Bey phoning in a freestyle to Yeezy called “No More Parties In S.A.” The title, comes from Yasiin’s troubles with the country of South Africa, where he was recently arrested at Cape Town International Airport for trying to leave the country on an illegal “World Passport” document.

Bey, who appeared in court last week, was ordered (along wit his family) family to leave the republic in 14 days. The rapper and his family had been living in South Africa “without the necessary permits” after overstaying on their visitor’s permit. Along with the freestyle, Yasiin Bey gives his side to legal battle, which made news worldwide.

The 42-year-old closes the audio by rapping verses he previously performed for Kanye right before his daughter Nori was born. Yasiin also announced he will be retiring from the music industry and hollywood “effective immediately,” releasing his final album later this year.