Busta Rhymes Detained In UK For Unresolved Convictions
September 26th, 2008
Busta Rhymes was detained at London City Airport on Thursday (September 25), after immigration officers stopped him from entering the U.K. to perform at a charity gig for RockCorps.
The rapper, born Trevor Smith, was held for several hours for “unresolved convictions in the USA,” with officials attempting to put him on a flight to Amsterdam, however, his lawyer sought a judicial review.
Justice Julian Flaux agreed saying it was “difficult to see upon what basis” Smith had been detained and ordered a hearing for Friday afternoon.
Stephen Green, who co-founded RockCorps, said, “We’re shocked at this sequence of events and this treatment of Busta. He has the necessary work-permit and has been in the country twice already this year, so we’re a little puzzled that a question mark is now being placed over his ability to enter the country to perform to volunteers.”
The rapper was scheduled to appear on Friday at a concert for RockCorps, a volunteer organization that rewards teens for doing charity work.
Photo courtesy of Interscope.
