{"id":92161,"date":"2017-03-02T21:08:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T02:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92161"},"modified":"2017-03-02T21:08:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T02:08:27","slug":"us-rapper-silento-has-passport-seized-over-uae-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/02\/us-rapper-silento-has-passport-seized-over-uae-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"US rapper Silento has passport seized over UAE dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_92162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92162\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16473443_1084097945033014_3672991555955761925_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92162\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16473443_1084097945033014_3672991555955761925_n.jpg\" alt=\"A U.S. rapper known for his hit song \u201cWatch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae)\u201d has had his passport seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates over a business dispute. (Photo: Silent\u00f3\/Facebook)\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16473443_1084097945033014_3672991555955761925_n.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16473443_1084097945033014_3672991555955761925_n-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A U.S. rapper known for his hit song \u201cWatch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae)\u201d has had his passport seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates over a business dispute. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realsilento\/photos\/a.308511735924976.69817.169477276495090\/1084097945033014\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Silent\u00f3\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates\u2014A U.S. rapper known for his hit song \u201cWatch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae)\u201d has had his passport seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates over a business dispute.<\/p>\n<p>State-owned daily The National first reported on the case, saying a court in the city of Al Ain imposed the travel ban on rapper Silento after promoter Makki Taj El Sir Abdel Halim accused him of failing to appear at shows he booked. The paper says he cannot leave without paying 300,000 dirhams ($81,500).<\/p>\n<p>Abdel Halim confirmed the details of the case to The Associated Press on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Silento, his record label and the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates\u2014A U.S. rapper known for his hit song \u201cWatch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae)\u201d has had his passport seized &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[16066],"class_list":["post-92161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-silento","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}