Busta Rhymes charged with assault after allegedly punching man within the face

Busta Rhymes has been charged with assault after allegedly punching a person within the face in New York Metropolis.

TMZ and the New York Post first reported that the rapper turned himself right into a police station in Brooklyn on Tuesday (January 14) and has since been charged with misdemeanour assault, tried assault and harassment.

Rhymes – actual title Trevor Smith Jr. – is now as a result of seem in a legal court docket on February 3, with the New York Police Division stating that the case is “ongoing”.

In line with New York state legislation, a misdemeanour assault means an individual deliberately inflicts bodily harm, “recklessly causes bodily harm” or “causes bodily harm to a different particular person by the use of a lethal weapon or a harmful instrument”.

The incident is believed to have occurred on January 10, with a 50-year-old man being punched within the face a number of instances in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighbourhood.

The rap legend was just lately awarded with the World Icon Award on the MTV Europe Music Awards, with UK hip-hop star Little Simz presenting him with the prize.

In November, he additionally applauded GloRilla for her “unfiltered” authenticity, describing the 25-year-old as “a special kind of gorgeous”.

“What I really like about GloRilla – and I hope that we are able to maintain on to this GloRilla so long as doable earlier than she evolves to her Beyoncé stage – however the GloRilla that we love is the GloRilla that we see ourselves in,” he continued. “Like, we see [ourselves] in her. She is unfiltered, she will not be politically right and she or he is the reality. And the wonder is, if you find yourself untainted by the trade. Her music speaks to my soul like that.”

Busta Rhymes additionally appeared on the brand new album ‘THE FORCE’ by fellow New York rap veteran LL Cool J final yr, alongside the likes of Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Nas and Rick Ross.