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06th Aug 2015

Busta Rhymes Calls Arrest “Ridiculous”

The rapper was arrested and charged with assault after an incident at a gym

Rebecca McKnight

Busta Rhymes has called his arrest “stupid” and “ridiculous.”

The rapper, whose real name is Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr, was arrested following an alleged fight at a gym in New York on Thursday morning.

Rapper Busta Ryhmes performs at the BET-SOS Saving Ourselves - Help for Haiti Benefit Concert at AmericanAirlines Arena on February 5, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Busta performing on stage.

According to reports he allegedly threw a protein drink at an employee and it hit him on the back of the head.

Rhymes was arrested and charged with assault before being released.

He told the New York Daily News: “It’s stupid… It’s ridiculous, it was literally a bottle of Muscle Milk.”