Busta Rhymes will beat you up if you spit on his car or do anything else

A man is suing Busta Rhymes, claiming the rapper and his crew beat him up after he spit on their car. The man, Roberto LeBron, 20, says that he was kicked in the head by the rapper, who was flanked by his nine bodyguards, last August. In what appears to be a separate incident, Busta is also facing assault charges from an incident last August 12th. In that case, he’s accused of beating up a fan after his performance at a music festival on Randalls Island, New York. In another incident, Busta is going to separate trials on various charges of DUI, driving with a suspended license, and assaulting a former employee.

“Busta Rhymes’ legal woes continue after he was named in another lawsuit from a man who claims to have been assaulted by the rap star.

“Roberto LeBron filed the legal challenge in Manhattan state Supreme Court on Thursday, following an altercation in August last year.

“He claims to have been kicked in the head in a fracas with Busta, real name Trevor Smith, and his nine bodyguards at a music festival on Randalls Island.

“The hip hop icon is already due to face trail following an incident at the same gathering. It is currently unclear if the two cases are linked, reports Billboard.

“In the coming months, Busta Rhymes must answer separate charges of drunk driving, driving with a suspended license and attacking a former employee.”

[From Dot Music]

That means that Busta’s currently got five major trials to worry about. Hope he’s a good multi-tasker. The prosecution offered Busta a plea deal of one year in jail for all of the four charges. Busta refused. In two of the cases, the prosecution tried to join the trials but the motion was refused by the judge. Talk about a lot on your plate. He was even given a second shot at the plea deal, and again refused. Dude seems to think he can do better on his own. I’m assuming he’s banking on his celebrity, because the odds that someone with four separate criminal trails would do better with a jury are slim. It will be interesting to see how all of these trials play out, and if they affect his career in a negative or positive way. One would assume doing time would be a bad thing, but lately it just seems to heighten celebrity.

 [Date: 07-Aug-07 ]

Written by TechniCool on August 8th, 2007 with no comments.
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Busta Rhymes will beat you up if you spit on his car or do anything else

A man is suing Busta Rhymes, claiming the rapper and his crew beat him up after he spit on their car. The man, Roberto LeBron, 20, says that he was kicked in the head by the rapper, who was flanked by his nine bodyguards, last August. In what appears to be a separate incident, Busta is also facing assault charges from an incident last August 12th. In that case, he’s accused of beating up a fan after his performance at a music festival on Randalls Island, New York. In another incident, Busta is going to separate trials on various charges of DUI, driving with a suspended license, and assaulting a former employee.

“Busta Rhymes’ legal woes continue after he was named in another lawsuit from a man who claims to have been assaulted by the rap star.

“Roberto LeBron filed the legal challenge in Manhattan state Supreme Court on Thursday, following an altercation in August last year.

“He claims to have been kicked in the head in a fracas with Busta, real name Trevor Smith, and his nine bodyguards at a music festival on Randalls Island.

“The hip hop icon is already due to face trail following an incident at the same gathering. It is currently unclear if the two cases are linked, reports Billboard.

“In the coming months, Busta Rhymes must answer separate charges of drunk driving, driving with a suspended license and attacking a former employee.”

[From Dot Music]

That means that Busta’s currently got five major trials to worry about. Hope he’s a good multi-tasker. The prosecution offered Busta a plea deal of one year in jail for all of the four charges. Busta refused. In two of the cases, the prosecution tried to join the trials but the motion was refused by the judge. Talk about a lot on your plate. He was even given a second shot at the plea deal, and again refused. Dude seems to think he can do better on his own. I’m assuming he’s banking on his celebrity, because the odds that someone with four separate criminal trails would do better with a jury are slim. It will be interesting to see how all of these trials play out, and if they affect his career in a negative or positive way. One would assume doing time would be a bad thing, but lately it just seems to heighten celebrity.

 [Date: 08-Aug-07 ]

Written by TechniCool on August 8th, 2007 with no comments.
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Busta Rhymes busted for DUI just before trial for two counts of assault

The latest celebrity busted for DUI is aptly named rapper Busta Rhymes. The guy was arrested for assaulting his chauffeur in February, so it’s clear why he doesn’t have a driver. Considering that he was pulled over in New York City, though, he could have hailed a cab:

According to the NYPD, the rapper, driving a 2006 GMC Yukon Denali, was pulled over on the far West side of Midtown Manhattan at 12:48 AM, because the car’s windows were too dark. When cops encountered Rhymes (real name: Trevor Smith), they noticed a “strong odor of alcohol” on his breath and issued a field sobriety test. He was then taken into custody on a charge of driving while impaired and booked at the Midtown North Police Precinct.

Busta is being tried next Tuesday on two assault charges. One incident involves an attack on a man who spit on his car at a music festival last August. He is also accused of beating the shit out of his ex driver in what was believed to have been a dispute over unpaid wages. Busta was first offered a plea deal for those two assault cases that would have had him spend six months in jail, but then the judge made it significantly more lenient with a second offer of three years probation, a week’s community service and anger management classes. Right before Busta was about to accept that second plea deal, he was arrested for driving with a suspended license. The judge withdrew her offer and prosecuters said the best they could do was give him a year in jail. Now he’s going to trial in hope of a better outcome.

It’s unclear if Busta’s license was still suspended during this latest DUI arrest, and there’s no mention of it in any of the reports I’ve read about it. If he blew a good plea deal and then ended up getting arrested for DUI while driving with a suspended license it’s not going to bode too well for him at trial.

 [Date: 04-May-07 ]

Written by TechniCool on May 4th, 2007 with no comments.
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T.I., Busta Rhymes, Chamillionaire led the nominees list of BET Hip-Hop Awards

According to the news, yesterday Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, Katt Williams and Young Jeezy announced the nominations for the first-ever BET Hip-Hop Awards show. The top of the list is rapper T.I. with eight nominees, including Video of the Year, Hip-Hop MVP of the Year, Best Collaboration, Lyricist of the Year, Hip-Hop Track of the Year Best Live Performance, Hip-Hop CD of the Year and Hip-Hop Hustler of the Year categories. Next on line are Hip-Hop stars: Busta Rhymes who received six nominations, Chamillionaire with five, Yung Joc and Lupe Fiasco were nominated in four categories, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy were nominated three times each, while Common, Rick Ross, Nelly and Cham with only two.

The BET Hip-Hop Awards show, which will be hosted by comedian Katt Williams, will be taped at Atlantas Fox Theatre on Nov. 12 and will premiere on Nov. 15 at 9 p.m. on BET

The full list of the 2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards nominees and categories:

Hip-Hop Video Of The Year… (more…)

Written by TechniCool on October 15th, 2006 with no comments.
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