Busta Rhymes arrested....

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NEW YORK: Rapper Busta Rhymes was charged with driving with a suspended license after police said they stopped him for running a red light.

Rhymes, whose hits include "Dangerous," was taken into custody in lower Manhattan around 5:30 a.m. Thursday.

His record company, Violator Management, did not want to comment.

The rapper was due in court Thursday night.

A suspended-license charge, punishable by up to 15 days in jail upon conviction, is the least of the current legal woes for the rapper, whose real name is Trevor Smith.

Rhymes, 34, is accused of assault in two cases and is considering a judge's deal that would allow him to plead guilty to misdemeanor assault and avoid jail.

In one complaint he is accused of beating Edward Hatchett, his former driver, and kicking him in the ribs during a dispute over back pay. The attack on Dec. 26 outside Rhymes' lower Manhattan office left Hatchett with cuts, bruises and substantial pain, a court complaint says.

In the other case, Rhymes is charged with assaulting a fan for spitting on his car after an Aug. 12 performance at the AmsterJam Music Festival on Randalls Island.

Police also have tried to question Rhymes as a potential witness in the February 2006 shooting death of his bodyguard Israel Ramirez. Police say Rhymes so far has refused to cooperate with their investigation.

Rhymes has hits that also include "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and "Touch It." He has appeared in movies including "Shaft" and "Finding Forrester."

In the assault cases, if Rhymes accepts Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Tanya Kennedy's offer and meets the conditions of the proposed sentence

[Big-T]

Busta has been a bad boy anyway i like him hes cool i like the sound of his new album also

[vermin]

busta should stay out the trouble, and keep makin his hot ass songs!

[Shads]

ok, 1st thing its stupid enough to be driving with a suspended licence, but the fact he risked running a read light....wile suspended is even stupider

[Global]

lol Busta has just been Busted

[BaZZ]

yeah.. u people can't call this a publicity stunt.

he doesn't have an album coming out soon.

yea he does... its gonna be called "Before Hell Freezes Over"

[Shady4lyfe]

ok, 1st thing its stupid enough to be driving with a suspended licence, but the fact he risked running a read light....wile suspended is even stupider

[sinemm]

aha again?

that doesnt make sense anymore tho anyway..wonder what he did this time
thx for the news