Busta Rhymes Makes It To Orange Gig
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Busta Rhymes made it to the Orange RockCorps gig on time.
As previously reported, the rap star, aka Trevor Smith was detained at City Airport on Thursday after arriving in the UK to play the concert, and authorities had been going to send him back to Amsterdam, which is where he arrived in the UK from, all because of "unresolved convictions" in the US. A high court judge subsequently ruled that he should be released pending a full hearing, but he was still being held on Friday, and concert organisers had lined up Ludacris to take the rapper's place if he couldn't show. Another hearing was held on Friday morning, and Mr Justice Stadlen ruled that he be allowed to perform because of the fans. He said: "What weighs in the balance is not just what effect that would have on Mr Smith [Rhymes], to which I pay considerably less regard than the effect on the 4,000 volunteers who would be disappointed if he didn't perform this evening"..So, he made it to the event, a concert for 5,000 young people who have taken part in volunteer projects, at London's Royal Albert Hall. Spokesman for Orange RockCorps called his performance "absolutely incredible after everything Busta had been through".
Rhymes told the BBC that he'd had no idea that it would happen, explaining: "Lady took my passport, she said you have been red flagged, so I said for what? And she said didn't anybody notify you and tell you that you was going to have a possible problem getting into the country? So I said no. So she said well have a seat, I need to go into the back room and investigate what this red flag is about".
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