Singer turned actor Mos Def (who is, apparently, going only by Mos these days even tho pretty much everyone will continue to call him Mos Def despite his real name being Dante Terrell Smith) has just been announced as the newest guest castmember on the upcoming 6th season of Dexter. As you may recall, we learned earlier this week that Colin Hanks will feature on the show and now we know Mos Def will as well. According to the press release announcement, Mos Def will pay an ex-con named Brother Sam who is described as “a hardened ex-con who claims to have found religion, yet seems to continually find himself surrounded by violence”. HMMM. Does that sound like a good guy or a bad guy to you?

Mos Def has finalized a deal for a multi-episode arc on the sixth season of Dexter, according to sources. The actor and hip hop artist will play a hardened ex-con who claims to have found religion yet seems to continually find himself surrounded by violence. Michael C. Hall’s Dexter will reveal the truth of who he really is. Production on the sixth season of the Showtime drama thriller begins in June with an eye toward a fall bow. Mos Def joins Colin Hanks — who will appear in all 12 episodes — as one of the upcoming season’s villains. Hanks will play Travis, Dexter’s main nemesis and a highly intelligent ancient artifacts expert who is linked to a series of grisly murders in Miami. At this point it unclear in how many episodes Mos Def will appear. But he is one of multiple recurring characters who will populate the show after the dispatching of season five guest stars including Jonny Lee Miller, Julia Stiles and Peter Weller.

I love Mos Def, most definitely. I’m very intrigued by the description of his character on the show … even tho it gives us an understanding of the role he’ll play, we have absolutely NO idea whatsoever how that role will impact Dexter. The obvious belief is that Colin Hanks will play the season 6 villain … but it’s possible that a hardened ex-con turned religious fanatic might be a villain himself. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how things turn out when the new season of Dexter premieres this Fall on Showtime. Any Mos Def fans out there? What do y’all think of his casting?

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