Mos Def Arrested

Mos Def had his Kanye West moment last night outside the MTV Video Music Awards. But unlike Mr. West, who was merely put through the ringer by the press for his comments during a Red Cross Fundraiser on NBC, Mos ended up being hauled off to jail.

Police said that Mos, whose real name is Dante Smith, was creating unsafe crowd conditions when he pulled up in a flatbed truck in front of Radio City Music Hall and began to perform his slam on Bush and institutional racism titled "Katrina Clap" to a crowd that had begun to gather on the sidewalk. Police asked members of his entourage to halt the performance before starting to make arrests.

It may not have the news-clip replay appeal of "George Bush doesn't care about black people," but Mos has nevertheless managed to draw some attention back to the need that still exists down on the Gulf Coast -- and did so with some style to boot.