Police Want to Question Busta Rhymes

Tuesday, February 7, 2006
By: Michael Ivey

Investigators are anxious to speak to veteran emcee Busta Rhymes about the shooting that killed a man reportedly hired to protect his jewelry, outside his video set early Sunday. "We believe Busta Rhymes may have been on the street when the shooting took place," said a spokesperson for Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Kelly told reporters Monday that Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith was one of several people who left the scene after 29 year old Israel Ramirez was shot dead in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The shooting reportedly occurred around 1:30AM after an argument which began inside moved to the street.

"There was some pushing and shoving going on when an individual took out a gun and fired at least eight shots," said police. Police later found a semiautomatic pistol in a clear lot close by that they think was used in the incident, according to a spokesperson. Some five hundred extras were gathered outside the set where Missy Elliot, members of 50 Cent’s G-Unit camp and some of the Ruff Ryders were due to make cameos, when the incident took place. "[Tony}Yayo was talking sh-- to Swizz Beatz, Dee and Waah [Darrin and Joaquin Dean, CEOs of Ruff Ryders Entertainment]," one witness said. "Then Yayo started talking to Busta, saying, 'My bad, I'm not trying to disrespect you. I ain't gonna make it hot.’"

Marvin "Tony Yayo" Bernard’s attorney sent a letter to New York prosecutors saying the emcee denies any involvement in the shooting and does not want to talk to the police. "Please make sure he is not contacted and/or harassed by NYPD," Attorney Scott Leemon wrote. Bernard was released from prison in 2004 after serving a four month sentence for carrying a fake passport a day after he was released after serving about two years for weapons-possession charges. Neither Interscope Records nor representatives for Busta Rhymes have released a statement about the killing. Police haven’t given a possible motive or suspect.

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KingJames313 says:
Yayo and his big F*ck*ng mouth probably got that man killed, that's a damn shame, i hope he doesn't think that makes him gangsta, a gangsta would do it himself and walk away like a "g" and if the police tried to charge him he'd be like "oh, well F*ck it, i did what i had to do."

bigrod says:
Yayo talk to god damn much

mig623 says:
Yayo iss just a fool,throwing away his life just to make a point that he gangster!!!!even if he was not involved as a convicted felon he suppose to stay away from drama,and make that paper instead he going to make license plates damn fool he is!!!!!

KiNg of Tha D says:
Man, das tha kinda sh*t that happenz wen u sell ur soul, 2 tha new death row..... Lol, im jus fkn around. Yayo's a Bia'ch. ~1~

Black Congress says:
The whole situation was senseless to a point where our hiphop artist makes a reason for hiphop "police". Tony yayo is a ignorant individual and he acts as if he never had anything in his life material wise, he is curtis jackson's battery in the back soldier. They say yayo was bickering about a beat with swizz what for your album didn't due dust what was sold interscope bought themselves. The inside scoop foreal.

Orpheo24 says:
Wow even when sh*t like this happens the only thing u idiots take time for is to hate get a danm life F*ck*ng morons if u care so much pay respect to the one that died instead!!

JT1 says:
Here we go now!

bad guy of the south says:
Every time something happens in the world everybody wants to blame g-unit. Let me address the issue yayo did not have anything to do with it nor anybody from g-unit. Im saying a man was killed and all yall can talk about is yayo talking s#it to the swizz beats. All yall clowns wont to do is diss the unit and its ridiculas. Yall fools probaly want to blame g-unit for katrina or the war in iraq or for the f#cked up sh*t going down in your hood. Pay respects to the guy that got killed don't waste your time dising everybody don't waste your life being a hater.

J da S says:
He killed him wiv help of cobra de mad soldier in souf

Black Congress says:
My respect has been paid i sent my prayers on the previous article about mr.israel when it first entered the web. The truth is the truth about my statement above it's not hate it is the truth period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stateproperty88 says:
Man sh*t is fuked up

DocV says:
You can always gurantee that in cases like this families of the victim are going to blame people and it's going to boil over into more dissent unless of course someone tells on someone. I doubt that would happen. My prayers go out to the family of the victim who died doing his job. That is so sad.

quanisha says:
I dont think busta would do something like that. But if did then he shouldn't be punish it was for self affence.

KDW5747 says:
U know your good when people waste their time hating......if you don't show them no love, that's when they know the fell off...because to 50 cent all the haters are just another group of fans....

Eric young Infinite says:
Frist of all i'd like to say r.i.p to the victom who lost his life in that unfortunite incident, thats why i dont like those g unot Bia'ches, yayo especiallly, not only is he the whorst rapper in history, he is probably the reason why family got shot, if i was swiss i would have slapped his Bia'ch ass, it's people like tony mayo (get it) who give hip hop a bad name, i dont condom any violence, but somebody needs to F*ck that clown up, but on another note (kdw5747) you sound like a dam fool, memo to nobodysmiling, i thought pointless commets would get deleted.

violentbydesign says:
Tell this cenior citizen hip hopper 2 pack his bagz and get the F*ck out the game.......i haven heard a good track since ''put your hands''......since then just keeps embarising himself with these weak songs.....

manywayz2 says:
First off if your having an intelligent discussion check your spelling. It makes it easier for someone to understand what you are talking about, for real!! second we have to stop defending people even when they are dead ass wrong. The sad thing is that someone should be in jail as we speak, but they aren't because we dont snitch so noone will talk. Thats the saddest. Busta already said he wasn't cooperating and neither is yayo, as did puffy, lil ceas, suge knight so forth and so on. Sadness!!!!!!!!!!!!

mrblue says:
Kd that doen't make any damn sense.these rappers are trying to have street logic but half of these fools aren't even street.and in the meantime,the bodyguard is dead,his family is distrougt and these fools are trying to "keep it real"the reason that the streets don't snitch is because we handle our own but those fools aren't about to ride on nobody for that man so really they aint helping nothing

ogdnice says:
1st off "violentbydesign" gotta still be a bedwetter to think hip hop needs to retire seasoned vetz! itz mainly these young (17-25) wanna be'z that come into the game & cause distruction due to not having a sense of direction or knowledge of self...period! who'z gonna school our youth on what'z really good, other young'nz? that'z the blind leading the deaf=dumb & dumber! you young catz need to learn respect . I'm not stating that all elders are wise, b/c there are still old heads out here that refuse to grow up & take on responsibilities, but they do have some level of knowledge & understanding that a child can't begin to comprehind yet. Making ppl like g unit or other "studio" gangstas your role model is very disheartning when i know we are better than that. Even if you grew up in a crack house or lived in the "hood" you as an individual know that sh.. Ain't right! you know betta than to continue the ignorance b/c as a youth you said "that ain't gon be me son, ima make it, i ain't gon be another crackhead..." ask yourself..do crackheads wanna be crackheads? at some point in life something went wrong leading to that quick fix...weed is the choice now cuz "everybody does it" news flash, weed was the choice in the 70'z as well but it was to peaceful thus the need for a more destuctive chemical based mind bending dependacy drug like cocaine aka crack. Yeah the $$ is great in dealing it but look at the fallout, is it worth it? the enviroment that comes forth is 10 fold from which you came & hip hop

ogdnice says:
My last post was cut off leaving u wondering whut i was speaking on. The machine doesn't want the poor to wisen up (mainly blacks & latinos) b/c if we unified the ant will conquer the elephant, best believe! the machine wants the tony yayo's & other non sense "rappers" to poison our youth with b/s to continue the cycle of ignorance. What pays the bills & keeps our institutions filled other than the above races or class of ppl? young boys can't teach me a damn thing when it comes to life, i've lived it far longer & am far wiser wit understanding so why would i wanna hear the horrors they tell when i already lived 'em. Give us the solution to the problem not another problem with no solution. Learn your mathmatics!

cense251 says:
Ogdnice..... Im 25 wit an ole skool train of thought. I agree with you a 100%...smh most of these yung fools have no guidance, brains, or moral fiber. And many of the women they come from dont have none either. They are products of the ghetto lost, angry, confused, and just plained F*cked up. All this violence brings down the blk community and hip hop. Its to the point where the man dont have to go out his way to destroy us anymore--- once he got to our minds it was a wrap- we kill ourselves with the sh*t we eat, drink, read, watch, snort, smoke, guns, knifes, and ignorance. The man set it up so ill that we committing our own genocide for them. As for the blk woman--- a whole mental restructurin needs to be done- meaning the man pushes his lies through them--- by making them think they dont need us- engulfing them in thier materialism, feminism, and career orientainted society. In turn many stay single- or turn dyke- turn to thier career- or go for one of the devils- isnt it ironic that there is more blk women in college--- and a high number blk males in jail----this is another way to keep us futher divided- ponder this wut would a college educated female -- have in common with a felon wit no diploma? nothing.... By seperating us, keepin us disinfranchised, and ignorant we continue the cycle of the system and dont even know it. We are the pawns in this game of werld domination. Science dropped!