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Mos Def In Court For Child Support

Thursday, February 16, 2006
By: Kenny Rodriguez


Mos DefRapper/actor Mos Def is coming up short on child support payments, according to the New York Post, citing business problems and financial obligations to his other children.

The Brooklyn native, born Dante Smith, was ordered to pay $10,000 monthly after filing for divorce from his ex-wife, Maria Yepes-Smith, to support their 7- and 8-year-old daughters. Since the order went into effect on Jan. 1, Mos Def has reportedly come up short both times by about $2,000.

“It’s the best he can do under the circumstances,” said Steven Goldfeder, Mos Def’s attorney, during a recent hearing in Brooklyn Supreme Court. “He has several children. He’s always provided for them,” Goldfeder said, referring to Def’s three other children.

“I’m the only person who’s providing for my children,” Mos Def told Judge Sarah Krauss. Goldfeder requested that his client's payment should be reduced because Yepes-Smith reneged on a promise to home school the girls.

"Please tell your client not to talk anymore," said Krauss, who chided Mos Def and his lawyer for not filing an amended claim that specifies grounds for divorce.

Yepes-Smith’s lawyer, Karen Blaustein, expressed doubts about Mos Def's alleged business problems. "I've been seeing him in these commercials with Bruce Willis for his new movie," Blaustein said. "I'm sure he made enough money to pay his child support for his 7- and 8-year-old daughters.”

Mos Def is starring in a new action thriller, 16 Blocks, set for release in theaters next month, and is also working on his third album tentatively titled The Undeniable Free Flaco on Geffen Records.



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Posted by ShortyRoc
I really don't understand the court system especially in matters like this!...........if mos def is the only one providing for his five children; than why don't the courts give him the children and bypass all this bullsh*t from these money hungry Bia'ches! and why do they always award these chicken heads ridiculous amounts of money to raise kids, when everyone knows it doesn't take that much!!! its becoming more & more evident when a brother makes that much money, he should start looking in one of those foreign catalogs for a wife! i never hear about those women putting their men through this kind of bullsh*t! he was short 2,000 dollars, the Bia'ch got eight thousand, and she's still complaining! damn!
Posted by evenwhenIlie
8000 pound a month. Thats nearly a hundred k a year!? is that for both kids!??!! sh*t. I wish i got 8k a month. Id be living it up!
Posted by Cappi
I'm glad i only pay $530 a month for my two kids, damn...............
Posted by PAIN5150
Pain5150: i hear you on that! damn they should revamp the whole child support system and clap back at the lazy mom's :)
Posted by andril
This just shows the reason why we men really have to aware of all the stuff we do...it might come back to hunt you in the end
Posted by Da ruckus
Feel u da ruckus. Us men need to stay on top of our game. That child support aint no joke. Just remember, "you reap wut you sow.'' ya'll be strong.1
Posted by TopSpotHipHopShot
U don't realy wanna just wanna budge inn and say this and that, cos we don't know mos that well,we feel he's music and c him on vid.but the way it sounds is nasty! the x-smith should be ashamed of herself. 5 days to go working 4 the next day...everyday is ork!these kinda mothers need some serious education!go work b..... Just because a brown skin man is on screen and earning clean/you try 2 steal he's cream, burn the babylon team...
Posted by rholihlahla
Damn..... The system isnt for men at all. You do got bums out here, but for the most part their r decent dudes who pay thier child support. Some of these boards get the dough and use it for themselves or their man-- they may also spend the dough all reckless and ask for more--making look like the n*gga aint giving no support. Lol this system of govt in all facets is a sand trap!
Posted by cense251
Like snoop said bit#*s aint sh$#.
Posted by BINGO
Mos def is the last person i think to do this $hit. Thats fuk up
Posted by Jetset
So, because he missed $2000 in child support theyre taking his ass to court. Fu*king gold diggers. Thats why people have to becareful nowadays. It makes no sense. Just stupidity
Posted by CEmejuru
So mos got 5 kids, damn but dosnt beat odb wat he have i think 8kids
Posted by DjPhiziQue
Damn those baby mothers will get you and his baby mother got has ass good 10 thousand a month 10,000 x 12 thats 120,000 a year and he has to do it untill there 18 damn
Posted by bad guy of the south
Even when you do pay, Bia'ch's still hold sh*t over your head, try and use the kids as some kind of barganing chip or something, and it doesn't matter if your rich or poor, they gonna take as much as they can.....stretch you too your limit, and leave ya ass in the dark....F*ck a Bia'ch........can you tell it hits home a little....lol.....i don't care how much a F*ck up mos def might be (i would hope he's not) in his personal life, 8 grand is plenty to go around, hold up, i would definatly take care of my children if i had 8 or 10 grand a month to do it with, but they never give us that chance too prove we can, they just automatically dismiss the man as a sole provider, now ain't that some ignorant sh*t, it is to me..........just my opinion.....
Posted by Spiltmilk
Lol 10,000 a month
Posted by DefConZero
Yep...next time watch wat u sticking ur tip up in..lol
Posted by Da ruckus
He gives $8000 a month and shes complaining. Thats disgusting. So hes supposed to be paying $20000 and he gives $16000. The moneys not for the kids its for her.
Posted by KastroEsco
I feel so sorry for this great mc. He's going through some tuff sh*t. See this is why i'm so hard on a Bia'ch to where she's fearing for her life and won't say sh*t. They are pimpin us. All men have to file for at least partial custody for their kids so that they don't have to go through this, it's the law. Stop letting money hungry trifling Bia'ches control our lives and use our kids as pawns to do it!!!
Posted by DocV
Damn n*ggaz comments in here are on point from bad guy of the south to doc v. Its tru these dames r wild grimey. Cant trust em for sh*t. They do use the lil ones as randsom for a pay day, and the ones who suffer r the children and thas F*ck up.
Posted by cense251
It is kinda f'd up 8 g's and he got three other kids besides those to, i figure thats what he gets for marrying a mexican anyway a black chick woulda took 2 g's some grey goose and a philly and been happy
Posted by unlku
Plus a club outfit/and the new snow boots/ then da cipher is complete.
Posted by cense251
I dont know whats worse, the way you guys write or what you're saying. Mos def is a multi-millionaire. He's supposed to take care of his kids. You think his ex wife set the amount he's supposed to pay? no the court did. Grow up and man up to your responsibility. If these women are so low in your eyes, stop having babies with them.
Posted by Destroyer
Man, that's some bulsh*t! i'm so tierd of baby mamas trying to come up off thier children's existence. Damn, the dude paid $8,000 a month in child support and she took him to court to get get the other 2 stacks. That sh*t is cold blooded. They see you shining and assume that it should be nothing for you to shell out some of them bucks. I first read this article cause i intended to laugh at mos for being a dead beat but, damn....be for real. Ole girl sound like she's on some bull. She got her a sweat vic and she gone take that fool to the bank. This should be a condom commercial. Wrap it up ya'll. 1
Posted by DrFrankensence
It seems as though many of you are paying child support... Perhaps we have everything backwards here. Too often life is created because people don't take the proper precautions. Or life is created out of the proclamation that each mate loves one another when in all actuality, they don't; they don't know what love really is... Children should not be created just because two people love each other. Being a parent is more than that (and more than i'm ready to explain at this moment) a child's life is worth more than some 8k or 10k or whatever material value so biased judicial system can determine... Actually i'm done writing, i can go on for quite a long time so my point is stop having so many children, because the cycle will continue... Lets break this cycle. We should be tired of the system treating "us" horribly.
Posted by Charles
Nobody needs five kids this day and age. Unless mos wants full custody (which he obviously doesn't) then he needs to cough up the cash. Paying child support in full on time doesn't make someone a good parent. It's actually the very least you can do for your kids if you aren't going to be there every single day to raise them. Weekend daddy's are ineffectual. Judging by these comments there are some sorry ass fathers posting here. If you don't want some "gold digga" taking your money for child support than learn a little bit about birth control and human anatomy. Be responsible and use a damn rubber.
Posted by Dannodog
Okay, babymaker. Men that don't want to pay, need to stay celibate. I thought highly of mos def, thinking him to be better than other rappers, and in control of his sexuality. I see now, his promiscuity is going to be the death of him, financially and potentially health-wise. I hope he wises up and realizes that women are not playing around. You may be able to physically leave them, but you cannot skip out of promises and responsibility. I call it justice. If he was living with the mother, he'd be shelling out that sort of money anyway. If they live in new york, it's reasonable with rent being about $36,000 a year for a simple livable space in manhattan, private schooling another $20,000 a child, and other living expenses including food ($400/month=$4800, electricity (about $700 a month-$8400), clothing $3000/year. That's not including extracurricular activities (dance, soccer, etc.) probably 1,000 per child. Let's see....36000 + 40000 + 4800 + 8400 + 3000 + 1000= 93,200. If the mom would like to start a college savings or have a money reserve for the kids, there's the rest of the money.
Posted by Guadeloupe
F*ck al u midnless dumbasses!!!! yall better shut the F*ck up about my mother!!!!!F*ck my dad pays child support so that me and all of my siblig can go to a damb private school!!! F*ck al of u!!!!my mother takes my dad to court because he is going over borders having more childern!!!!and we cant even pay the mother F*ck*ng rent with out that money!!!!!!!F*ck al of u!!!! F*ck ur family,F*ck ur children!!!!!!!!!yall N*gg*rs better get a mother F*ck*ng life and get the hell up out of here!!!!! ps all u mother F*ckers that insulted my mother, this is a sweet little message just for u: F*ck u fagotts!!!!! -chandani smith
Posted by Mosdef's daughter!!!
A man can have as many of kids as he wants. It's not like it's rape. The women just feel protected by these devils....so i say ride on them all. It's not up to these pink toes to tell you how to take care of you children. If people start bossin up, on these women and this system sh*t will change. If not, continue to be pimped
Posted by A Life
He dont want the damb custody!!! F*ck u!!! if he would pay the damb money every month to pay the rent,food,school,phone bill,electricity,clothing,gas & every thing els that keeps his kids alive .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u all need to mind ur bisness & get some dam lives mos deff is a good dad .... U should all stop talking abou miss yepes.. Beause she is doing the best she can to keep her kids alive & she cant do it with no money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so all u ppl go get a life this ant ur bisness ........
Posted by rebecca
If you ever make acusations like this without any proof or data to support your therory i personly will be shoving lawsuits up ur ass. And i can make that happen! get the picture kenny rodriguez
Posted by Unkown
I cant believe this sh*t. I would pay him 10 000 per month just to be with him. :d how crazy must be that Bia'ch to leave him????
Posted by Daria
Wow so let me get this straight so many men on here are pissed thinking this woman is a gold digger when she's receiving 2,000 less than what the court appointed. That's like being short on your mortage. Is the bank suppose to be happy that you paid 80%? of if your car payment is 500 a month, should the finace company accept 400 a month? these women don't decide what they should be paid, the courts do. Guadeloupe's post summed it up the best. Also men who are tired of of "gold diggers" a $7-10 box of condoms is a cheaper investmnet than 18 years of child support. If you don't want to take care of your responsiblities stop making babies. And it takes more than money to raise a child, too many times women are left on their own and have to pay the role of mom and dad. There are no immaculate conceptions, you are 50% responsible for that human life, but so many want 0 responsibility
Posted by Red
Hmm. Miss yepes never left mr smith. He left her when she was 24 with 3 infants and had a baby with her beat friend. Now their children are 10 and 11 years old, they are home schooled and are very far above the school systyme.
Posted by unknown
Destroyer - well said. . . I totally agree with you, if everyone is so pissed off at women why are they having babies with them. Birth control is there for a reason.
Posted by Diesel
Y r all these people especially the men mad @ mos def x. Like previously said the courts decide on how much mos def makes then decides on how much child support the mother gets per child. If u r getting mad @ the mother, should be mad @ mos def 4 making that much money & having that many children. U guys do not know him personally!
Posted by Keychi
F*ck hip-hop.
Posted by you
I love mos def!!! imma have the rest of his children!
Posted by YESKA
I feel all of you on what you said. 10,000 a month is a lot and he should have field for joint custody or something but why is it that you all have to refer to the women as b*tches or hoes or broads or dames or whatever. All women are not like that. And when you say these b*tches etc... That means that you are refering to all women. I hate that he is going through this because i love mosdef. Always have and always will no matter what. But the one thing that you all have to realize is that he o.k.ed this amount. She couldn't just say i want 10gs a months and thats it. He had to say fine too. It goes by his earnings a month. She gets 15% of what he claims. Not what he makes. He could claim he only made 50gs and actually made 100gs. So he oked this. True. She is trippin about 2gs when she has 8. It dont take that much to care for 2 children. I have 3 and we are living lovely on 4.7gs a month for kids and me and their father. But when it comes down to it. If he agreed to 10gs a month, then thats what she expects him to pay. Child support is crazy and yes it is on the mothers side 75% of the time, but there are just so many fathers out here that are not doing their job that the courts have favored the ones that are the most and that is the mothers. And fellas if these females are trippin so bad about child support you have 2 solutions. (1) use a condom. They have one in you size i bet. (2) after you have these child(ren) take care of them and quit leaving the woman to do all the work and you just act
Posted by Precious
Omfg.....i can clearly see who are the dead beats or potential dead beats on here!if he was ordered to pay 10g's then it is obvious that he provided some type of financial statement that shows that he can afford these payments.when you go to court for child support, the judge calculates payments based on a percentage for each child,this varies state to state (in ny it is 17% for 1 child and increases with the # of children).this does not apply to incomes that exceed 85,000,there is a different calculation that applies to these incomes.the judge will also take into consideration the life style that the child had before the parents separated or divorced. Why do people feel that when a woman seeks to get financial support for her children,it makes her a gold digger,and not a woman who is try to do right by her children.i bet you these men were not screaming gold digger when they laid down to make these kids.we live in a society where presently children are the mother's responsibility.if the father decides to spilt,there is not judge on the face of this planet that can force him to be a father to his children.they cannot force him to take kids to school or pick them up,they cannot force fathers to attend soccer games or school plays,they cannot force them to nurse a sick child back to health,the only thing the courts can do is enforce financial support,which is not the only dynamic involved when raising children.i feel most def is the exception and not the rule.there are many women who get shorted w
Posted by Kiss_Of_Life

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