What the &@#$ is wrong with Busta Rhymes??

April 4, 2006 by Marc Lamont Hill

2006 just hasn’t been a good year for Busta Rhymes. Despite (or perhaps because of) the release of his most recent album, Busta has received nothing but negative press all year. First, his bodyguard, Israel Ramirez, is shot on the set of Busta’s video shoot. Instead of helping the police find the assailant, Busta, as well as G-Unit’s Tony Yayo, have hindered the investigation by remaining silent. Then, Busta came under fire from gay and lesbian activists for the use of the word “faggot” in the remix to his hit song “Touch It”, as well as an incident with a gay fan in Miami. Most recently, Busta Rhymes was involved in an altercation with Source Magazine founder Dave Mays that ended with a bottle being broken over Mays’ head. (Of course, Mays, who was hospitalized, refuses to talk to authorities about this.)

Certainly, there’s a lot of critique that can be offered of Busta Rhymes and his life choices. Equally important, I worry that the brother is spinning out of control a la Tupac. If he is, I hope that someone in or near his circle can reach out to him.

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7 Comments

1. Hal wrote:

Whew! Close one Jas! That was almost our threesome partner! Good call…

April 4, 2006 @ 11:45 am

2. Dale J. Thomas wrote:

Busta is trying to sell records.

He need to stop trying to act like a 25 year old, aint he almost 40?

April 4, 2006 @ 12:40 pm

3. ting wrote:

Didn’t Busta predict the world would end in 2000? Isn’t his time past due?

April 4, 2006 @ 8:36 pm

4. Hal wrote:

That is hilarious Sammy Bee!! I actually never thought about that… Your mom gets excited when she and her friends are going to see Gladys Knight? Hell, I get excited when I am going to see Gladys Knight! I don’t know, we just grew up in such a great time so it will be interesting to see how these artist actually evolve when they get older. I mean 33 is not old so he still has a good time before he breaks his hip jumping around on stage.

Sans, Break Ya Neck??? What is wrong with you child??

April 5, 2006 @ 9:37 am

5. ting wrote:

I know san aint talkin bout miss gwen stefani! ain’t nobody EVER betta say nothin bad about my gweny gwen gwen!! BLASPHEMY!

April 5, 2006 @ 1:59 pm

6. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

please, san. that shit is bananas. b-a-n-a-n-a-s

April 5, 2006 @ 2:56 pm

7. Adam wrote:

Well, we all know what’s in the closet of every homophobe…

April 8, 2006 @ 7:25 pm

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