Reuters - Nov 20, 2009
Less than a year after releasing his eighth studio album, Back on My B.S., New York rapper Busta Rhymes plans to strengthen the state of the music industry, which he says is dying like cancer is killing...
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When Grand Theft Auto IV debuts another downloadable episode later this month, there ll be not only new story lines and characters, but also new music for the ride. Busta Rhymes, Funkmaster Flex and...
More »Reuters - Sep 23, 2008
Hip-hop star Busta Rhymes has joined Universal Motown after quietly leaving Interscope earlier this year. His upcoming album, previously called Blessed, is now titled B.O.M.B. and is slated for December...
More »AP - Mar 19, 2008
A judge sentenced Busta Rhymes to three years probation Tuesday for assaulting his former driver and a fan, and warned the rapper to stay out of trouble. The 35-year-old Rhymes, whose real name is Trevor...
More »AP - Nov 7, 2007
With four hip-hop heavies in the house, any enterprising promoter could have staged a rap concert. But the house was Manhattan Criminal Court, and the rappers Busta Rhymes, Ja Rule, Lil Wayne...
More »Reuters - Nov 7, 2007
The docket at New York State Court on Wednesday read like a who's who of the hip-hop world as four major rap artists faced separate charges, highlighting the fine line between image and reality in...
More »E! Online - Oct 15, 2007
The King of the South has been temporarily dethroned...though that may be the least of his worries. T.I. remains jailed after being arrested on several weapons-related charges Saturday, just hours before...
More »E! Online - Aug 30, 2007
Lil' Wayne's got a lil' legal problem. A teenager who was injured in a melee that began when either the rapper or an unidentified member of his crew threw wads of cash into the audience during...
More »AP - Aug 29, 2007
A woman has filed a lawsuit alleging she was trampled by a frenzied crowd after a large amount of cash was thrown into the crowd during a concert by rapper Lil Wayne at Morgan State University last October...
More »E! Online - Aug 7, 2007
What's it gonna be? How about another legal headache? Busta Rhymes was sued in New York State Supreme Court on Monday by a Bronx man who alleges he was roughed up by The Big Bang rapper and his...
More »Reuters - Jul 10, 2007
Grammy-nominated rapper Busta Rhymes will face a string of trials for assault and driving violations after prosecutors lost a bid on Tuesday to consolidate four cases against the performer into one case...
More »E! Online - Jul 10, 2007
Busta Rhymes has quadrupled his legal trouble. The rapper-actor is going to be loading up his legal docket after a Manhattan judge refused a petition by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office...
More »E! Online - May 8, 2007
New York prosecutors dangled an offer, but Busta Rhymes wasn't biting. The Big Bang rapper rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have sent him to jail for one year for assault and then allow him...
More »E! Online - May 3, 2007
Busta Rhymes has been arrested on charges of drunken driving. Must be Thursday. The rapper-actor's ongoing spate of law-skirting car troubles continued in New York early this morning, when Rhymes...
More »E! Online - Mar 12, 2007
Are New York's Finest busting Busta Rhymes' chops? The rapper-actor was barred from beginning work on his latest flick, Order of Redemption, on Saturday after the New York Police Department...
More »E! Online - Feb 23, 2007
Another day, another bust for Busta Rhymes. Just when you thought he was safe to get behind the wheel again, the platinum-selling rap star was arrested early Thursday and charged with driving with a...
More »E! Online - Dec 11, 2006
Apparently, he s been naughty. Busta Rhymes is facing a new weapon count to go along with an assault charge stemming from the alleged August smackdown of a fan who spat on the Gimme Some...
More »E! Online - Aug 21, 2006
First came The Big Bang. Then the big bust. Busta Rhymes was arraigned Sunday in Manhattan on an assault charge one week after allegedly getting medieval on a fan who supposed spat on the In the...
More »AP - Aug 20, 2006
Rapper Busta Rhymes was arraigned Sunday on an assault charge after he was reportedly accused of attacking a man for spitting on his car. The New York Police Department released few details about the...
More »Yahoo! Music - Jul 10, 2006
Busta Rhymes has spoken publicly for the first time about the murder of his bodyguard earlier this year. The rap star was on-set at a New York warehouse shooting the promo for Touch It in February, when...
More »E! Online - Jun 21, 2006
Cue the wooo! Taylor Hicks shtick is playing big with music fans. Capping an epic month in which he won American Idol, got a record deal, shot a Ford commercial and was named People s Hottest Bachelor...
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