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Tiffanie Drayton, whose family moved to the US from [[Trinidad and Tobago]] when she was four, in 2013 moved back and is writing a book, ''Black American Refugee'', on the subject of Blaxit.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Drayton said driving her children around the block to get them to sleep in Trinidad and Togabo differed significantly from the same experience in the United States: "In America, your hands are shaking. You're worried about what to say. You're worried about whether you have the right ID. You're just so worried all the time."<ref name=":0" /> Rapper [[Mos Def]] moved to South Africa in 2013 to escape racism. <ref name=":0" />, although in January 2016, he was ordered to leave having stayed in the country illegally on an expired tourist visa granted in May 2013 <ref>{{cite news|title=Rapper Mos Def ordered to leave South Africa in passport row|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35330365|access-date=January 16, 2016|work=BBC News|date=January 16, 2016}}</ref>, and finally allowed to leave later that year, barred from ever returning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-mosdef/rapper-mos-def-allowed-to-leave-south-africa-after-apology-idUSKBN13H131|title=Rapper Mos Def allowed to leave South Africa after apology|date=November 22, 2016|website=[[Reuters]]|access-date=December 23, 2019}}</ref>