Busta Rhymes has swearily slated fans for using their phones during his gigs.
The 52-year-old ‘Dangerous’ rapper – born Trevor George Smith Jr – flew into a rage at the crowd constantly filming his performance during his show at the Essence Festival in New Orleans on Friday (05.07.24) night.
He said: “F*** them camera phones. Let’s get back to interacting like humans. “Put them weird a** devices down. I ain’t from that era.
“Them s**** don’t control us all. F*** your phone.”
Busta was shown on footage – ironically shot by fans – pointing out individuals in the crowd and asking them to stand up for his act.
He added: “I’m gon’ point every last one of y’all out until y’all a**** is up.
“Thirty-three years of this s***. I ain’t used to n***** sitting down at my show. “I don’t give a f***. All age groups, get you’re a** up, now.”
Turning to those seated at the top of the room he continued to rant: “F*** goin’ on? Get y’all big head a**** up.”
Busta said his outburst was down to him having “zero tolerance” for “bulls*** energy”.
He added: “This is my first time in New Orleans at the f****** 30-year anniversary of the Essence Festival – make me feel like we home.”
Many fans slated Busta for his foul-mouthed attack on the crowd and their phone.
But many supported his stance, saying they wanted bans on phones at gigs.
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Others pointed out how many seats were empty at Busta’s gig and sneered he had no right to have a go at the fans who did show up.
But another social media user said the emptiness was most probably due to a rainstorm outside of the event.
