Busta Rhymes has upset a few fans after canceling his forthcoming Blockbusta Tour just days before it was set to begin.
According to a USA Today article from Tuesday (March 5), all shows listed on Ticketmaster were officially labeled “canceled” on the site.
The tour was set to kick off on March 13 in San Francisco and conclude over a month later in Busta’s hometown of Brooklyn on April 21.
HipHopDX has reached out to Busta Rhymes’ representatives but have not heard back as of publication.
A number of fans took to social media to air out their frustrations with the cancelation, with one writing: “Damn Busta Rhymes wtf why’d you cancel your tour I was gonna take my mama to that for her birthday.”
“Busta Rhymes cancels all 2024 Blockbusta tour dates a week before kickoff. I guess he didn’t think the nonsense would catch up to him. I guess he thought wrong,” another person wrote, while a third said: “Am i the first person on the planet to realise #BLOCKBUSTA tour has had dates cancelled was coming to NYC to watch busta rhymes loaded ticketmaster and Pow ,This just one of many.”
The “Break Ya Neck” rapper made headlines last month when he was caught on camera arguing with another attendee at French Montana‘s album release party for Mac & Cheese 5 in New York City.
The fracas apparently took place at Harbor NYC in midtown Manhattan. In footage shared by The Shade Room, Busta appeared to get in the face of an aspiring rapper from Staten Island named Nizzle Man.
Nizzle appeared to fall down the stairs, and Busta Rhymes seemed to grab his wrist to confront him about something. They talk back and forth in the footage in a way that didn’t look friendly, and it isn’t long before a pack of security guards step between the two men and escort Nizzle Man out of the club.
Some commenters on the post suggested that it didn’t appear that Busta and Nizzle were fighting. Rather, it appeared to them that the elder statesman of rap was trying to de-escalate the situation, and had Nizzle Man escorted out before things got violent with whomever he may have been beefing with.
Earlier in February, the East Flatbush legend shared his respect for 50 Cent following his inclusion on the “In Da Club” rapper’s Final Lap Tour. Busta said 50’s work was incomparable to any other.
Busta Rhymes stopped to chat with popular radio host Big Boy, where he showed Fif some love for a variety of reasons.
“Big up to 50 Cent for bringin’ us out there on his Final Lap tour,” he said. “Not only was that probably the most incredible tour that I’ve ever been on, and I’ve been on many. I’m saying that because every night, every arena was sold out.”
Let’s be real. That album was his worst effort. I’m sure people were like “we love buss but ain’t nobody trying to hear this s*** live.” Buss is an animal in this rap game, sure some of his albums neared questionability, but Blokbusta??? Like for real??? Even the title gave it away. We love you Buss, but you need to do one more before retirement to cover this bull. How tf did he let these legendary producers co sign it? Like really? Real talk, this the first album of his I bumped only once and took 5.
Nah blockbusta is unacceptable. I do not recognize it as part of Busta’s category. He is too great of an artist for that lackluster effort. NEVER do anything to try and appeal to this younger generation! Never!
Considering how awful Blockbusta was and the fact a lot of people saw his bs warm up for 50 Cent last year I’m guessing he didnt sell any tickets this time around. Busta needs to refocus, stop dropping wack album and just start killing features again.
That BLOCKBUSTA album should’ve been cancelled too. Sad that he followed up his best album, ELE2, with his absolute worst.
He ruined his career trying to be a tough guy. We all liked Busta because he was fun, energetic, had skills, and was a unique individual. Then he started hanging with G-Unit and wanted to START being a thug in his 30’s. Getting into fights with teenagers, threatening people, rapping about carrying guns and smackin people. He lost his character and identity. There’s already a million rappers talking about that, be yourself.