• Alana Wyatt-Smith is the separated wife of Hip Hop star Mos Def. In June 2008, Wyatt-Smith released a book entitled Breaking the Code of Silence in which she claims he abused her.

• 1. Age at time of book publication: 29
  2. Dropped out of school in seventh grade
  3. Previously worked as a stripper
  4. Has seven-year-old son with Saukrates
  5. Married to Mos Def in 2005
  6. Her childhood included sexual abuse
  7. Early boyfriends also abused her
  8. Performed in Snoop Dogg's Drop It Like It's Hot video
  9. Couple separated since October 2006
  10. Financial settlement was $115,000
  11. Divorce is not final because Mos Def won't sign the papersTheStar.com: Scenes from a hip-hop marriage (June 29, 2008)

• Quotes

  "I don’t believe that his intent was to hurt me, I believe that he was trying to prove a point. But I had shared and cried with him many nights about my past (abusive) situation and I asked of him not to do that, because it brings back memories; so I found it to be more disrespectful, because he knew what I had been through."—Alana Wyatt-SmithTheStar.com: Scenes from a hip-hop marriage (June 29, 2008)

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