After two mixtapes and one studio album put them on everyone's "best new bands" list, the Brooklyn-based alternative hip hop trio Das Racist has announced its decision to split, with each member going his separate way.

Rap duo/trio Das Racist was detained at the UK's Gatwick airport yesterday and eventually deported to Switzerland. The exact reasons for the deportation are unclear, but the group says on their website it had to do with their "political views."