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  • U2 did the same thing with no problems

  • NWA said it best.

  • That is some cool motherfucking way to get arrested

  • that police officer is so out of order deservers one dutty slap no joke!!

  • Never would've known about this if it wasn't for youtube... thanks for posting and exposing how the system tries to silence artists who stand for the people.

  • mos def is the ruler

  • You allowed to have free speech so long as they define the topic.

  • The song is "Dollar Day" aka "Katrina Klap" from the albumTrue Magic.

    /watch?v=E2FlcRVTuCA

  • Good damn i want this songggggg name he roll here in rege style against the system help guys song name

  • What happened to free speech?!!!

  • WTF! Almost every video of Mos Def shoots in NY ends up with the police shutting them down, even if they have the right permits.

    Thank you Mos Def for doing the right thing! Stand with the Wall Street protestors, h3ll run for Congress!

  • BULLSHIT. Mos had a permit on him and these fuckin pigs still try to run him over...

  • Ha! where is your freedom now america, the politicians have traded it in your freedom so they can do things like this, bye bye freedom of speach.

  • Katrina Klap

  • WHATS THE NAME OF THE SONG????

  • the true poets of our time will either be silenced or killed. while others like tyga are given the freedom to promote nonsense. sad times......

  • Is this an actual song or just a freestyle?

  • First things first, Mos had his back turned and that is when the officer comes up.... for real? Mos Def won't be silenced you are right. People need to look at everything, and see we livin' in a non-free country simple as that. Perfect example right here. He had a permit they had no reason. All in all Mos is a visionary, that wants to be heared, but a lot of people keep visionary's GOOD visonary's down. Power and greed... Dirty minds bad people keep good down, believe that believe it.

  • NO voice no rights. this is what a police state looks like.

    even with a permit (permission from the king) they shut down free speech. with a slap and a ding.

  • oh hale naa !!!!!

  • Mos Def will not be silenced.

  • he shouldn't have been arrested, thats bullshit... mos def is speaking the truth.

  • why does the pig take his hat off? this is unofficial business, better remove my hat.

  • Why did he get arreted, i dont get it?

  • @12343429 'cause he was speaking the truth; the people in power have cops loyal to them (illuminati) rather than the law.

  • they make sure all black males in the spot light are shown behind bars and disgraced.....its that willie lynch.....LOOK IT UP!

    TRYING TO PSYCHOLOGICALLY KEEP YOU IN SLAVED.

  • Mos was set to sing this song at the VMA's but the organizers canceled it at the last minute. So he sang it for free outside the VMA's. The song knocks the Bush administration for their handling of Hurrican Katrina and its victims.

  • Respect to a man repp'in the people of New Orleans. . .Respect!

  • this is some bullshit. fuck the police. a man can't give a free concert on the street? this doesn't make any damn sense.

  • I thought there was something called freedom of speech?

  • @Kunaimaster1000 Not no more, Haha Patriot Act???

  • this shit hurts smh

  • those cops have to be prosecuted!!!!!!!!

  • Thank you Mos Def for standing up for my city!!!! Appreciate the love, you down here now so i'm sure you getting the love back!!! Just saw u at jazzfest with john legend and the roots, your performance was amazing!!! thanks for all u do

    C. Kitty

  • Support the Police.....don't buy bacon!

  • It's funny how the Beatles hardly got shit when they did their rooftop concert. but mos def got arrested even though he had a fucking performance license.

  • why did he get arrested??

  • @dumbochanbo3000

    He didn't have a permit to perform. That was what the "legal" reason was.

  • AINT NO REALLER THAN THAT : STAND FOR THE TRUTH, NO MATTER IF THE COPS COME FOR GET YOU.FTP ALL DAY.

    SHOW THEM WHAT IT IS TO BE TRUE. PEACE

  • Nice description in the video of what I am actually viewing here... not

  • no, as much as I like Mos Def (as an artist), I have to say that he was being an ass.

    Not that I'm defending the NYPD, they could've handled it with more care. But, Mos Def is no dummy when it comes to legal matters & the law. He KNOWS that performers MUST have a permit to do ANYthing out in the public like that.

    I just think Mos is always constantly trying to get attention.

    Let's not think that he's perfect. He loves attention. Evident of his Jimmy Fallon apearance with Odd Future.

  • @SubliminalMinded2011

    He had a permit.

  • @HURHRHRHRHR no he didn't

  • @SubliminalMinded2011 Nobody is perfect, of course we don't think he's perfect

  • what song was he singing?

  • By the way, here's the REAL story on why he was arrested as I said: mtv.com/news/articles/1539981/­mos-def-arrested-after-perform­ance-outside-vmas.jhtml

  • It's simple, if you want to park a PERSONAL stage and rap on a mic in the middle of the city, get a permit. The law is the law, stop making this about rights infringement or bad cops out to get the little guy. We are in a country that is so hard up on being fair to everyone that protestors can camp out at military funerals as long as they have a permit and disrespect fallen soldiers in front of their families. Cops simply honor the law, if we don't like it, get involved and change it.

  • @majica26 dude thats just straight bullshit right there.....

    whats with a lil thing called FREEDOM OF SPEECH. By ripping the mic out of mos defs face they are just doin what they are told to do cauze def is speakin the facts and they don't like that cos its simple critizicsm to their poltics and they dont like that. mos def should have kept rapping. We all need to step up to that shit them politicans are trying to make us think is right......

  • WHY DO COPS SPEND THERE TIME TRYING TO STOP THE THINGS YOU CAN NOT STOP , THREW OUT TIME BY NOW THE COPS SHOULD NO THAT YOU CAN NEVER HIDE THE TRUTH . BECAUSE GOD IS IN CONTROL . AND EVIL AND ITS MANY FACE COULD NEVER OVER COME GOOD . AND THE POWER OF A PEOPLE HEARTS . EVIL COMES BUT IT ALWAYS LOOSES A THE END . WE AS HUMANS SHOULD NO BY NOW THAT EVIL DO NOT PAY OFF . EVRY PERSON FROM HITLER ,TO NORTH KEARA ,TO SUDOM HUSANE ,FELL . EVIL WILL NEVER DEFEAT GOOD . FIGHT FOR YOUT RIGHTS

  • so much for freedom of speech in America. hah

  • .. more powerful than a gun.

  • WHY DID HE GET ARRESTED? FUCKING SOMEONE EXPLAIN FOR FUCK SAKES

  • Ay, mos def speaks the truth, respect to him.

  • this is proof free speech is way more dangerouse to our government than any bomb they can make keep the music coming def ill keep listening fuck the new world order long live true freedom

  • fucking dirty ass cops they didnt like it cause he was speaking the truth. and whenever anyone speaks the truth the government is threatened and they dont like when ppl start knowing too much. FUCK EM ALL

  • bullshit. fuck the government!

  • bullshit. fuck the goverment!

  • what happend?

  • It wasn't his content... He didn't have a permit to perform there. As such, the crowd was way too big for that location. He was asked to shut down and refused. Nothing else. Grow up, guys.

  • @drewlpuddle He did have a permit. 

  • @toasterdoster Mind citing your source?

  • @drewlpuddle

    dude wheres your sources? it seems to me like the cops stopped the performance because of the content, there would be NO other reason for them to stop a performance midway, grabbing the mic and clearing the crowd like that.

  • @soldier1661

    mtv.com/news/articles/1539981/­mos-def-arrested-after-perform­ance-outside-vmas.jhtml

    Straight from MTV... Who was hosting the event.

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  • dam that was crazy

  • If he was talkin sellin crack to pregnant black women,shootin & killin babies,his fukin jewlery,or bein Big Meech.Fine,cool,fukin narly,let the show begin & happily end.But speak truth & Pigs start snarlin & oinkin.Even house Negro Pigs.Fuck em all.

  • @Mobbin4theArt Could barely understand what he was saying.

  • there's your freedom of speech say anything but dont criticize american politicians and freemasonic governments and when he says why am i being arrested. breaking the peace.no one was offended by what he said they were loving it if speaking the truth is breaking the peace then question what your being told on the news. i remember 2pac rapping about blacks being suppressed by the police now ive seen a little glimpse 1.12 and if there was no crowd it wud be rodney king round 2 mos def respect

  • Classic example of how we really don't have rights in this country.

  • wait why did he get arrested? i dont understand

  • SEE THAT BS!!!!! They just came and pushed him out the way like he was a piece of SH*T!! ......in the words of N.W.A. - F*CK THA POLICE!!

  • and this is why daddy been tellin me to look out for cops since I was little

  • I thought he had a permit

  • What songs that ???

    

  • @SlothArts katrina klap..dollar day. look it up.

  • Proof that "Freedom of Speech" is a myth.

  • @TREPMUSICONLINE2 You ain't neva lied....man Bitch ass police......I mean nothing else was going on no other crimes with being committed. NO RAPES, DRUG SELLING, MURDERS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE....NOTHING.....This the reason why real HIP HOP, will neva go COMMERCIAL ON A GRAND SCALE. THEY WANT TO KEEP THE RAPSS DUMBED DOWN......SUCKAS .......

  • fuck the brainwashed fucking pigs.

  • Bullshit!!

  • The cop takes Mos Def's hand with the mic like it was a gun...

  • @DowntimeSeb because they scared that mos def was going to split more true shit outXD

  • @DowntimeSeb the mic is deadlier than a gun!!!  This is proof!!!

  • @DowntimeSeb when mos def has a mic the impacts towards the government is as strong as if he had a gun

  • @DowntimeSeb In right hands it becomes mos powerful than a gun ...

  • @DowntimeSeb because they know that mic can do more damage than any gun.

  • ATTENTION !!! America is a Country of Injustice, everyone know that !! Wake up America... they wanna control everything... DON´T BE BLIND !!

  • As long as we all keep fighting over petty things we will never be free! -Bless

  • ok they didn't have to grab his mic like that for real

  • I agree with free speech and all, but according to an article by MTV he just showed up and didn't have a permit. That's why they were all arrested. That was at least the police's story...

  • @padiddlefilmz

    Not the whole story.You see the energy that was in this video.Not having a permission wasnt the real problem..the words of this song are very controversial and against former president Bush. Just google the song "Katrina clap".Should be on youtube.

  • @franciso7 freedome of speech homie. he spoke truth to many people

  • @padiddlefilmz ok i was wondrn whaat was the reason but to think a little deeper maybe they would'nt "grant" him a permit so he went on and big boyed it yeah the cops are losers to me will never be anything more till they have volunteers and not paid services but thaas juss me peace is salaam mos def THE HOTTEST MC STILL watch out for drmatick

  • @padiddlefilmz and fuck mtv

  • Haha guys chill the fuck down. Mos is great. I just wanted to make some headlines.

    Still, it's good that people reacted. Would have been fucked up if people would have given me thumbs up and creds.

  • What happened to the first Amendment here? If the thousands of white supremacists on Youtube can sit on their fat asses and spout there particular flavor of bull piss to the masses in writing, then Mos Def or whoever can say whatever they want in front of a crowd.

    That said, police in NY take 9/11 very seriously and reacted harshly to hearing things they did not accept. Still there is never a reason to take away someone's right to speak; black or white.

    People have died for that freedom.

  • @qknight77 u should rap this man

  • what... the fuck?!

  • fuck america. sorry guys.

  • It's time we white people take back our streets and reinstate our supreme white culture. A damn shame that nigger was not shot. The police officer, a fine young and healthy white man should have fired his sidearm. This "Mos Def" was apparently acting very hostile. SHOT THAT NIGGERRRR!!!!

  • @Yaazify Nigga what u talking 'bout? we black peeps own the streets! we got america on lock down bitch ass nigga, come and meet me i'll shoot u up punk, tell me what good you white folks have done? the black man i the good and kind hearted man!

  • @Atribecalledliban technically, the rich elite rule the U.S., so if u gonna fight with anyone fight with them.

  • @Atribecalledliban lol, you black people own the streets? Your proud of being a violent gangster street dweller? Usually people that are really gangster are brought up in a harsh environment and need to live that kind of lifestyle to survive. It sounds like your just an ignorant person trying to be cool. Then you say the "the black man i the good and kind hearted man!" after saying "come meet me i'll shoot u up punk". What are you trying to say? very confused by your whole post.

  • @Atribecalledliban stay in school man. please

  • @Yaazify Your statement is so ignorant i don't even feel the need to pick it apart. Why should he have been shot?

  • @Yaazify lmao you said "a fine young and healthy white man". you have some serious problems man.

  • @Yaazify Troll

  • BECAUSE HE IS A Muslim

  • whoa look at how he came at mos def, and mos def just looked at him simple 1:10

    thats how police get stupid for no reason

  • @ReadBelowHere i know!

  • WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?

  • ???????/

  • I could empathise if only he wasn't such a moron. Seriously watching this guy debate with Christopher Hitchens is hilarious.

  • @MrShnizzle69 dude STFU Mos Def is not a moron only moron here is u

  • @MrShnizzle69 Are you kidding? You're as retarded as the rest of them. He was simply saying (in the debate), you can't say muslims or christians, democrats or replubicans, blacks or whites, crips or bloods, are the problem, because we're all the problem. Everything in itself.

    Anyone can believe and think what they want. Be real.

  • this makes me ashamed to be white, from me to the black community, im sorry for my ignorant people and their ways!

  • He said the freedom aint free..

  • can we get mos elected to office for something please

  • The police is the most dangerous terrorist group in America

  • @ThaBlackSoldier56 Even 2 Pac said he was told, the Police are the biggest gang in America, not only that but the world.That IS what it seem like.

  • @ThaBlackSoldier56 and the CIA of the world

  • @ThaBlackSoldier56 Couldn't have said it better.

  • @ThaBlackSoldier56 Keep your nose clean and you wouldn't say that!!! Duh

  • @willow7233 what an ignorant ass thing to say

  • LOL America, the land where u have free speech...when u are allowed to speak

  • so...why did he get arrested?

  • long live mighty mos

  • youtube.com/watch?v=NZxmuMmPLU­U

  • this vid explains it all... well, most of it

  • Their just pissed that hes so for real & right.

    was losers .

    MOS DEF FOR LIFE .

  • Mos Def speaks the truth.

  • mos def is fucking awesome

  • fuck the police

    mos def you are the best

    go mos go

  • My hero

  • why the cop gotta snatch the mic like that tho...if that was some random dude he woulda got slept tryna grab the mic. mos aint give it to em tho haha

  • what song he doing?

  • @MASTEROFTHEHERB Katrina Klap

  • UNDERSTAND THAT MOST PEOPLE MAKE IT IN ENTERTAINMENT EVEN HIGHER EDUCATION, & THESE ARE THE VERY AREAS IN SOCIETY WERE THE PRESURE OF THE ELITE "AGENDA"LAY!! PLANTED-ROOTED!!! USING ELEMENT OF SURPRISE!! THEN THE- NEW BRAINWASHED" ATHLETES/MUSICIANS/PEOPLE IN HIGH PLACES/ DONT EVEN NOTICE , BUT THEN BECOME THE BRAINWASHERS THEMSELVES!! LOOK AT YOUR STARS-- I CALL EM SHOOTING STARS!! THEY COME AND THEY GO!! LUST AND FEAR KEEPS THEM SILENT!! THE PEOPLE MUST FIGHT BACK!! LEAD WITH EXAMPLE!!NOW

  • FREEDOM of SPEECH??? Yeah, as long as you DUMB IT DOWN like most of today's so-called hiphop industry's prostitutes (artists) & pimps (producers,media, government, etc). We're gettin' Punked, people. More like FREE-DUMB of SPEECH!! Keep speakin' that TRUTH, Mos. Peace n Love

  • Mos is easy in the top ten dead or alive. fuck bush.

  • I don't get what just happened besides that he got arrested, why did they arrest him in the amidst of nowhere?

  • @hiphopfanstraight watch "in prison my whole life" on youtube...in the interview he explains what happens here...its 7 parts to it but he covers it right of the bat. MOS DEF is the truth!!

  • The Tea party does the same thing, who arrests them? It's Illuminati control, marshal law, NWO in effect. Anytime truth is spoken they immediately react. WAKE UP!

  • dig the black female cop at the very end smiling

  • It always comes down to race yet your all fools to not understand that it is not a matter of race but species, humans are the disaster and we are all evil to have evolved into what we are today and on top of that we all now how to stop destroying our planet yet we still sit back and do nothing about it.

  • Fuck Chuck D should be there, fucking pigs.

  • i fucking love Mos.

    :DD

  • Damn ....

    Freedom of speech is starting to dying more and more everyday.....

  • @JAXEVANS

    *is dying more and more everyday....

    lol excuse my grammar.

  • Are the police really saviours or are they just terrorists working behind Nazi lines? Ya'll say Hitler was bad, AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS WORSE! If WW2 NEVER STARTED, the Muslim lands would've united and killed Hitler by 1940. You guys dont see the significance of religious armies and leaders you have racist stereotypes that they're the terrorists and the prophet was an aggressive oppressor, read the religious books before you make assumptions. MOS DEF's a legend but illuminati will soon kill him:(

  • its nice to get arrested with people who got your back

  • this is a real as a rapper u can get

  • They're mad that he was speaking the truth.

  • I don't even understand what he did...maybe just showed up without a permit? Ugghh....I don't know. Those cops were trippin, especially the way they grabbed Def.

  • @showbizandatexasg U aint nothin but a punk racist bitch that has no life. Just sad. I think u should take a break from tha computer.

  • fuk da po po!!!! They aint protecting or servin nobody right!!!

  • showbizandatexasg.............­..............................­...............nigga shut the fuck up. you fagit bannana head gay honkey bitch ass cracker. Get off my nuts you homo muthafucka.ill whoop ur fake ass any day .pretend im chris brown and ur rhianna. fuck off

  • @Gangstapocslypse you are a shitty r&b act? And you are telling someone they are gay? lmao.

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  • That song is the shit! What's it called? And I agree 100% with ya'll. F-U-C-K the police all over the world!

  • @kassychain Katrina Klap

  • so the westboro church can protest in soldiers funerals but mos def cant rap to a crowd. thats great

  • fuck this motha fuckin bullshit we call america....been in this fuckin country my fuckin life and they are so full of shit over here. fuck this bitch made country and fuck the police.

  • From someone who's from new orleans, thank you for seeing, and loving our city. Thank you for getting it.

  • Oh shit! They just rolled up on him, damn. I love you Mos!

  • FUCK ALL COPS ALL AROUND THE WORLD

  • you know what the worst part is he apparently had a permit according to wikipedia FUCK THE MOTHERFUCKING POLICE

  • wow, i guess this really is a free country.

  • @pimptastic13 I hope my sarcasm wasn't lost on anybody else....

  • @crazyfastfingers It was a joke in agreement of your sarcasm...I got it.

  • @crazyfastfingers HAHA, Fuck that idea!!!

  • lol @ the police raiding his van and arresting him, they should be ashamed of themselves, this guy is real music, big up mos def!

  • @showbizandatexasg fuck u u punk fagit bitch

  • oh no he didn't mos def looked at him like he lost his mind they're lucky they didn't start a riot for that

  • Fs i was enjoying that before that cop snatched the mic, which there was no need for.