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Busta Rhymes Talks Set Shooting on 106 & Park

Wednesday, March 8, 2006
By: Michael Ivey


Busta RhymesTrevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith sat down Tuesday on BET’s 106 & Park to debut his "Touch It" remix video and discuss his friend’s death, which occurred last month during a taping for the video. It was Smith’s first televised interview since the incident.

"I felt it would be an injustice in the demise of my good friend if we didn't show the world that what we was doing in no way shape or form was advocating violence," said Smith. He acknowledged the family of Israel Ramirez and said that although an argument on set lead to his death, the video was made in part to show unity and balance in a genre over saturated with beefs that are often manufactured for publicity.

"For a while it has just been a whole lot of extra unnecessary beef. I'm about feel-good energy in music," said Smith. The almost fifteen year music industry veteran has been blasted in media by the NYPD for not "cooperating" with the investigation. Smith did not respond to the comments Tuesday. On Feb. 24th the New York Daily News reported on an audio tape which allegedly captured the argument between G-Unit’s Tony Yayo and Ruff Ryders producer Swizz Beats that police believe lead to the shooting. The tape is reportedly being shopped to media outlets for $50,000. A spokesperson for the NYPD told the paper, "It's totally irresponsible of this person to withhold what could be a vital piece of evidence in an active homicide investigation." "I hope the person who has this tape or video would cooperate with authorities, especially if it provides evidence in this case," said Jerry Schmetterer, spokesperson for the Brooklyn district attorney.


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Wouldn't it also be an injustice not to cooperate with the police the ones hired to find out and prosecute the person who murdered your friend.
Posted by England lad
"for a while it has just been a whole lot of extra unnecessary beef. I'm about feel-good energy in music," -busta rhymes ^^^^-------sounds like hes talking about 50 cent its awful an innocent guy has to die because of tony "toxic" o...he sucks at rapping and shud be thrown back in jail so we can never hear from him again or him having people killed just for publicity and arguments with swizz beats
Posted by IrishODB
I hope this thing can get resolved. So the famz of the body guard n bus can begin to move on.
Posted by cense251
Theres been too many threads on the same topic.
Posted by Poppotop
Its the streets, snitch and receive a target.
Posted by ThaRapAnalyst
Nypd is garbage. I cant believe the pigs have done nothing about the murder. What, are they scared to go to os house and question his ass. This is F*ck*ng disgusting just cause phony o's lawyer says his client doesnt want to talk with the pigs thier gonna sit on thier asses and do nothing, F*ck gunot and the ny pigs. F*cken faggots.
Posted by ChitownsFinest
I hope yayo goes back to jail, that would be a start of cleaning up the trash in hip hop today
Posted by rj2006
Usually i dont know whut im talking about but i kinda think it would be hard for the nypd to do anything if err'body with a voice its trying to implement tha "stop snitching" motto....im from a era where everyone in tha hood so called "snitched" on you....wayyy back when i cut classes to sex up my girlfriends...any elder streight ratted me out..moms knew about it like she was there. Somehow thats gone from tha hoods, and our hoods are being held hostage by these wanna be thugs trying to brainwash the good folk in tha hood to not drop dyme on them while they sell dope, kill, rape, rob, swindel, con, and corrupt our families. Not going at you at all chitown...but we gotta police ourselves....the cops ride with their motto on their cars..."protect (their own) and serve (your azz)....jus' food for thought.
Posted by Kalliope4eva
Dayem...im gittin old..im starting to sound like my old heads....dayem..
Posted by Kalliope4eva
Thats right kalliope,we were mad when "ms johnson" told on us but would never threaten her because she would just tell on us again or beat our @ss.but,now she's too old,her daughter's on crack and her grandson sells it.matta fact my round's grandmother got shot in the leg standing outside in the 17th like a month before "the exodus".remember, we use to wait for the old people to be inside.we spoke to all the old people when we walked by.sht done changed.
Posted by mrblue
Blue i know being from them wards like me as a youth dawg that was a must. I can only speak for me, i came up in the 94 era dawg so the neighborhood watching me was a must. Thats was their way of keeping me in line. It takes a village to raise a child. That stop snitching garbage is just brainwashing the hood, i aint gonna let you sell dope on my stoop, i aint gonna let you kill my neighbors either. I love my people, good outweighs the bad anywhere, but the good just dont wanna be bothered or involved...i aint saying run to the cops, but we gotta police ourselves....stop acting like we dont see whats going on. Cause the cops are dumb as hell....
Posted by Kalliope4eva
I remember seeing cops choke cats and put guns in their face calling 'em muthaphuckas and all, that killed my respect for the cops...but growing up looking back at the n*gganometry of it all, those cops saw that as a nessesary evil to put the fear of god into the young g's...look at it, a killer will rob a innocent black person before they dare go at a dirty cop or a white person who he would say is his enemy....
Posted by Kalliope4eva
The whole situation is senseless and nypd detectives are as cheesy as they come!!!!
Posted by Black Congress
The nypd's a bunch of fa*gots fu*k em all i wouldnt talk either busta - do ya thang
Posted by datopdawgindatown
"sounds like hes talking about 50 cent its awful an innocent guy has to die because of tony "toxic" o...he sucks at rapping and shud be thrown back in jail so we can never hear from him again or him having people killed just for publicity and arguments with swizz beats" -right on and throw fifty and youngfu*ck in there too. Gggggg-unot
Posted by MotionMan06
Why is everyone wanting busta rhymes to snitch? there were a bunch of people out there at that video shoot... Why don't the cops put the pressure on just blaze... Or anyone else out there... I don't think busta rhymes should have to throw is career down the drain by having to snitch to the nypd who don't care about israel anyway... They just want to lock up someone famous and "lil kim" busta rhymes... Goddynasty dot com check out my music
Posted by ShortyRoc
It was cool what busta did dedicate the video to israel ramirez but as far as his so called dedication to unifying hiphop, it will not go far. I think the man was sincere as far as the loss of his bodyguard goes but as far as him trying to squash beefs and unify things,.....aint gonna happen. That video that he did (the touch it remix), had nothing to do with unifying hiphop. It was just a compilation of artist (who had no beef with eachother) spittin on a track.if busta really wants to do something..he should work with russel simmons and others at future hip hop summit events, etc.
Posted by CEmejuru
The future of hip hop looks promising. The future of rap looks dark. I see one day the police doing a donnie brasco and bringing down a whole rap crew. Mark my words. There will be an inside informant from rap world and he will destroy many.
Posted by Sair
I personally believe in not snitchin...but look at it this way. A man risks his life every single day for you. And he gets killed and you know who this person is? and you wont get them convicted or anything? if i was in isreal i would feel as though people were spittin on my grave. In this case either u snitch or u have the murder murdered because this isnt something u just turn the other cheek to. I dont care if it causes a "cycle" becaus esomething needs to be done.
Posted by S.T.....
Yo busta i am surely sorry about your friend i lost my father how you think i felt
Posted by junior jean maris

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