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Busta Rhymes claims London show was booked without his knowledge
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 4 September 2014
Busta Rhymes has accused Metropolis Music of advertising a headline show at The Forum in London this Sunday without actually ever contacting the rapper. Which seems unlikely, but that’s what he said.
The Forum itself announced yesterday that the show had been cancelled due to “unforeseen circumstances”. Rhymes went the less tactful route of sending out a series of caps lock and exclamation mark heavy tweets, attacking Metropolis and specifically one of the company’s promoters, Andy Robbins.
The rapper wrote: “MY PEOPLE IN LONDON JUST 4 THE RECORD THE SHOW AT THE FORUM WAS NEVER AN AUTHORIZED SHOW!! METROPOLIS MUSIC AND ANDY ROBBINS LIED 2 U ALL!!!”
He continued: “EVERYONE IN LONDON DON’T BE FOOLED! GO AND GET YOUR MONEY BACK FROM THE FORUM, METROPOLIS MUSIC AND ANDY ROBBINS 4 FALSELY ADVERSTISING ME!!”
And continued: “ANDY ROBBINS AND METROPOLIS MUSIC R LIARS AND WERE NEVER AUTHORIZED BY ME OR MY REPS TO PROMOTE ANY SHOW TO HAPPEN AT THE FORUM IN LONDON!!”
And continued still: “IF A SHOW IS REAL WITH ME U WILL SEE ME ALSO PROMOTING IT AND TWEETING ABOUT IT MYSELF!! GO GET UR MONEY BACK LONDON!! FORUM SHOW IS FALSE!!”
Representatives for Metropolis, The Forum and Busta Rhymes did not respond to requests for comment.
Busta Rhymes is also booked in to play Bestival this weekend. Something he is apparently not disputing.
