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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Busta Rhymes, "The Big Bang" (Interscope/A&M)
Despite stacking seven solo studio albums, Busta Rhymes is better known as a prolific singles artist. Few rappers can match...
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Rapper Busta Rhymes attended the wake of his slain bodyguard Israel Ramirez on Thursday (February 9) and the rapper allegedly vowed to take care of the bodyguard's three...
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Stevie Wonder is making headlines for using a special new music video technology for the clip to his song "So What The Fuss." The video will include a second, descriptive...
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Rapper and actor Busta Rhymes was in Fall River, Massachusetts on Thursday (September 18) to attend a pre-trial hearing for his upcoming assault trial, according to the...
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Aerosmith leaders Steven Tyler and Joe Perry have teamed with some of the biggest names in hip-hop on the theme song for the upcoming ESPY Awards. The song is called "Let's...
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The Reggae Gold 2003 compilation was released on Tuesday (June 17) on VP Records. The set includes "Make It Clap (Remix)" by Busta Rhymes featuring Spliff Star and Sean...
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Joe Budden will release his self-titled debut set on Tuesday (June 10). The set includes the production of White Boy and Just Blaze and features guest appearances by Busta...
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Rapper Ja Rule, who was supposed to be on a self-imposed six-month vacation, has released a new diss record, "The Wrap" this past weekend. It features Fatal Hussein and...
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Mariah Carey will be re-issuing her latest release, Charmbracelet, on July 29 with four new tracks. One of the songs will be "I Know What You Want," which features Busta...
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Rapper and actor Busta Rhymes has been hit with misdemeanor assault and battery charges after an altercation last December at Jake's Twin Saloons in Fall River,...
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Puerto Rican R&B singer Lumidee recently released her debut single, "Never Leave You (Uh Ooh, Uh Ooooh!)." The song is one of the most added at urban radio this week,...
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50 Cent and Jay-Z will co-headline the 1st Annual Rock The Mic Tour, scheduled to kick off on June 25 at ctnow.com Meadows Music in Hartford, Connecticut. The event will...
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50 Cent, Eminem and Busta Rhymes have released a remake of Tupac Shakur's "Hail Mary" as a response to Ja Rule's dis record, "Warrior's Song (Loose Change)." The song...
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Rapper Busta Rhymes, the Flipmode Squad, and Mariah Carey were joined by actor Ving Rhames in Los Angeles earlier this week to shoot the video for Rhymes's latest single, "I...
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Rapper-actor Busta Rhymes is very lucky that he wasn't in his sports utility vehicle (SUV) during a drive-by shooting. Rhymes's black GMC Suburban was shot up Friday...
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Johnny Mathis was one of the recipients of a lifetime-achievement award at this year's Grammy Awards in New York City. The R&B singer was saluted by rapper Busta Rhymes, who...
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Rap heavyweight and actor Busta Rhymes experienced sluggish first week sales for his latest album, It Ain't Safe No More. The set entered the Billboard 200 albums chart at...
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Busta Rhymes has a released a remix of his latest single, "Make It Clap," that features reggae star Sean Paul. Busta Rhymes is also featured on the remix of Sean Paul's...
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Daddy-O, of the '80s hip-hop group Stetsasonic, is planning a follow-up record to the Stop The Violence Movement's 1989 hit "Self Destruction" that reached Number One on...
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Busta Rhymes hosted a listening session for his forthcoming album, It Ain't Safe No More... (due November 26), at the Hit Factory in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday evening...
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Sean Paul has been creating quite a buzz for his forthcoming album, Dutty Rock, with the set's first single, "Gimme The Light." Dutty Rock is due out November 12 as the...
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Mixtape DJ and producer DJ Envy, who is currently on the Nellyville tour with Fabolous, will release his major label debut, DJ Envy Blok Party - Volume 1: The Desert Storm...
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Rapper-actor Busta Rhymes is scheduled to release a new album, It Ain't Safe No More, on December 10. The first single, the RikRok-produced "Make It Clap" featuring Spliff...
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Xzibit's fourth album, Man Vs. Machine, came out on Tuesday (October 1). Dr. Dre--who executive produced the rapper's last set, 2000's platinum-certified Restless--reprised...
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Usher, Busta Rhymes, Eve, Donell Jones, Tweet, Super Cat, Bling Dawg, T.O.K., Dawn Penn, Major Damage, and the John Shop Family are scheduled to perform as part of the 4th...
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Ja Rule, Busta Rhymes, and Tweet will perform free on the shores of Daytona Beach, Florida, at BET's Spring Bling 2002. Audience casting calls are taking place over the next...
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Dr. Dre has produced a remix of the Truth Hurts single "So Addictive" featuring Busta Rhymes. But the "So Addictive" remix isn't the first time Truth Hurts, Busta, and Dr....
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Busta Rhymes, Eve, Jadakiss, and Ice Cube are featured on the forthcoming Blade 2 soundtrack. The album, which is set for release March 26, features parings of electronica...
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Rapper-actor Busta Rhymes recently released a Neptunes-produced song, "Pass The Courvoisier" featuring P. Diddy, as the second single from his latest album, Genesis, which...
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Busta Rhymes recently serviced to radio the Neptunes-produced "Pass The Courvoisier," featuring P. Diddy, as the second single from his fifth studio album, Genesis, which...
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Busta Rhymes's "Break Ya Neck," produced by Dr. Dre, is doing progressively better. The song reached its peak, thus far, on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks...
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Bronx-based rapper Fat Joe is enjoying one of the biggest radio hits of his career with the success of the first single, "We Thuggin'" featuring R. Kelly, from his...
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Rap superstar Busta Rhymes has tapped the biggest names in hip-hop to guest on his fifth album, Genesis, scheduled to be released November 27 on J Records. Among the guest...
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Busta Rhymes took time out before the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday (September 6) to discuss Aaliyah and how she'll be missed.
"She was a one of a kind and we value...
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Busta Rhymes, who earlier this year severed his ties with his longtime recording home Elektra Entertainment, is now set to launch Flipmode Records, a new division of his...
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Actor and rap superstar Busta Rhymes hosted a private listening session for his forthcoming album and J Records debut, Genesis, in New York on Thursday night (August 2). The...
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Hip-hop's most animated rapper, Busta Rhymes, is scheduled to release two albums in August. Rhino Records will release The Best Of Busta Rhymes on August 7; and J Records is...
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Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks, and Sean Patrick Thomas have reportedly joined the cast of Halloween 8. The eighth installment of the Halloween series will focus on a group of...
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Animated platinum rapper Busta Rhymes teamed with the Neptunes and Kelis for his new single "What It Is." His choppy, boisterous rap flow featured on the song is reminiscent...
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Multiplatinum rapper Busta Rhymes has chosen Clive Davis's J Records as his new recording home. In addition to joining the label as an artist, Rhymes also brings with him...
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LL Cool J,Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean, Common, and Kirk Franklin proteges INC are this year's hip-hop/rap nominees in the NAACP's annual Image Awards. Previous nominees in...
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Rapper Busta Rhymes stars opposite Sean Connery in the Gus Van Sant film Finding Forrester. Rhymes plays Terrell Wallace, the older brother of Jamal Wallace (Robert Brown),...
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Reports have surfaced that Busta Rhymes might leave his longtime recording home, Elektra Entertainment, for Clive Davis's newly formed J Records, with which he is said to...
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Busta Rhymes stock as an actor is sure to go up after the December 6 release of his new movie, Finding Forrester. The Gus Van Sant-directed film also stars Sean Connery,...
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Rapper Busta Rhymes took time out from his busy schedule Sunday (November 12) to visit with a young fan. Before and after a scheduled concert in Syracuse, New York, Rhymes...
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Busta Rhymes was sentenced by a Manhattan Supreme Court judge today (October 6) to a previously-agreed-upon five years probation after pleading guilty to a gun possession...
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Busta Rhymes and Jim Carrey are scheduled to record a song together for the soundtrack of the forthcoming film based on Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The...
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Busta Rhymes will be among the first guests on The Source Sound Lab, the new television show produced by hip-hop magazine The Source. The show's first episode will be...
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Busta Rhymes, Queen Latifah, and Ginuwine are among the acts slated to appear in a forthcoming hip-hop version of The Wizard Of Oz, called The O.Z., according to published...
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Busta Rhymes is known for being boisterous, but the New York-based rapper-actor says he's learned that he can be a powerful performer without making a sound. The...
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(6/27/00, 12 p.m. ET) Busta Rhymes seems to be everywhere at once lately: on the big screen in a supporting role in the blockbuster film Shaft and in record stores with his...
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Busta Rhymes has worked with Shaft director John Singleton before, but the dreadlocked rapper feels that his role in Shaft could be his breakthrough performance.
The two...
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Busta Rhymes hopes to release at least two albums on his Flipmode Entertainment by the end of the year. The former member of Leaders Of The New School will be releasing...
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Busta Rhymes may have his most explosive summer in 2000. The former member of Leaders Of The New School will be releasing his fourth album, Anarchy, on June 20, four days...
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Hip-hop superstars Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Mobb Deep, Rah Digga and a host of others will bring a hip-hop edge to the Super Bowl XXXIV festivities in Atlanta in two weeks with...
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Hip-hop superstar Busta Rhymes is forging ahead with plans to launch the career of his musical family members in the Flip Mode Squad. Busta will release Dirty Harriet, the...
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Rambunctious rap personality Busta Rhymes, born Trevor Smith, was sentenced to five years probation today for carrying a loaded gun in his car in New York last year...
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Although the advance buzz on hip-hop mastermind Sean "Puffy" Combs's long-awaited second album Forever, due Aug. 24, isn't too favorable, one of his colleagues is talking...
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Hip-hop superstar Busta Rhymes, born Trevor George Smith, is once again in the midst of legal woes.
A woman who claims he's the father of her child has sued the...
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In May, rambunctious rap personality Busta Rhymes made tongues wag when he pulled out of the R. Kelly Get Up On A Room tour (LAUNCH, 5/5). Now Busta Rhymes has come clean...
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Platinum-selling rap personality Busta Rhymes has got some new shoes. At a recent press conference in New York, Busta introduced Bushi by GBX, shoes designed by rapper and...
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Trevor Smith, the rapper better known to music fans as Busta Rhymes, made headlines again this week as he pled guilty to charges of gun possession on Wednesday in a New...
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Things aren't going well for the R. Kelly tour, which is now scheduled to kick off Thursday (May 6) in Philadelphia.
First, today's opening date of the tour, which was...
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Clips by Madonna, Busta Rhymes, Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins, and the Eels topped the nominations for the eighth annual Music Video Production Assn. Awards. The event, to be...
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For those who want a quick taste of the major nominees for the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, but don't want to splurge on a dozen new albums, Elektra Entertainment will...
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Judge Thomas Farber set a Jan. 28 court date for rap star Busta Rhymes and his business manager Gerald Odom, the New York Post reported. "I am not going to set bail, but...
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Busta Rhymes was arrested Sunday night in New York on gun and drug charges, according to reports. A spokesperson for the New York Police Department's 10th Precinct...
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If you expected sales of Garth Brooks's Double Live to sag after its initial blockbuster debut, guess again. The album holds the No. 1 spot for the fifth consecutive week,...
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Fans of platinum-selling rapper Busta Rhymes are in for a treat. Thanks to a deal inked between Elektra Entertainment and AT&T's a2b music, they can receive a emails...
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The track listing for The Rugrats Movie Soundtrack Album--due Nov. 3 on Interscope--is complete, and it features some heavy-hitters from a variety of musical genres.
The...
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Sean "Puffy" Combs apologized for not being able to attend the photo shoot for XXL Magazine's "A Great Day In Harlem '98" on Sept. 29. The leading rap/ R&B producer placed...
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Immortal Records has emerged victorious in the battle to release the soundtrack to Slam, 1998's winner of both the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the...
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