Busta Rhymes Blocked From Playing UK

Steven Lawton, FilmMagic

Busta Rhymes was scheduled to take the stage in a rare appearance at London's Coronet on Dec. 7, but the rapper has been blocked from entering the U.K. Busta was forced to cancel the gig after his temporary visa was denied, leaving promoters scrambling to try to bring Bus-A-Bus back for a make up concert in spring 2011.

Busta previously hit a snafu in trying to get to the U.K. for a gig back in September 2008, when he flew to London and was subsequently held at the airport upon arrival. Immigration officials barred his entry, claiming he had "unresolved convictions" in America and deferred him to Amsterdam. He eventually made the performance the next night after the incident was cleared up.

Most recently, the 38-year-old rapper was sued for $250,000 by a woman claiming that he threw a glass at her while dining in a restaurant in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was also sued for a track he recorded back in the day with Leaders of the New School after Drive-In Music Company filed a copyright infringement suit against the rappers for illegally sampling a track in 1991.

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Pavlvsdog

A raper is one who rapes. A rapper, on the other hand, is one who makes farfetched rhymes... a different crime, but not quite as bad.

November 12 2010 at 6:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tradervic

You know, it was during the Reagan-Bush years that the Republicans put a bill through changing the laws of the United States and allowing foreign companies to own media in the US so that a neo- nazi from the UK could purchase FOX for the sole purpose of distributing right wing propaganda. Today the Japs control half the movie theaters and most record companies here and they could care less about what we listen to. Try walking around in your jockey shorts with your pants around your knees on a street in Tokyo.

November 12 2010 at 5:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DIGTYME1

Since they r allr hatin on all the "REAL" BLACK rappers all the Great black rappers should go to countries that London and U.S. have problems with, and have concerts.

November 11 2010 at 11:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JL

OMG, WHO REALLY GIVES A $HIT ABOUT THIS LOW LIFE ??????

November 11 2010 at 11:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pnut166

"Raper" ???? LOLOLOL !!!!! Funniest thing all day !

November 11 2010 at 11:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sue

Rap would not be that big if it was not for white people, they buy 75% of all rap!

November 11 2010 at 9:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ajschrod

Did kids in Europe ever buy rap like in the U.S.?-I don't know! Pretty much only black guys listen to it anymore over here, but how about there?

November 11 2010 at 8:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lars Dolinski

Can the country survive?

November 11 2010 at 8:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Granny

Good news!! More countries should follow their lead or better still passports should not be issued in the first place.

November 11 2010 at 7:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
YoFrankeee

How pathetic is it when a "professional" writer can't even take the time to make sure his spell-checker isn't missing a simple word. Bet Busta's already on the phone to this moron.

November 11 2010 at 6:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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