After Busta Rhymes was detained for several hours at London City Airport for "unresolved convictions in the USA," a court issued an order Thursday (September 24) granting him entry into the country, according to TMZ.
Before the issue was ordered, immigration officials attempted to put the rapper on a flight to Amsterdam, but his lawyer sought an injunction to stop it in order to apply for judicial review.
The rapper traveled to London to perform at the RockCorps concert at Royal Albert Hall on Friday. "We're shocked at this sequence of events and this treatment of Busta," Stephen Greene, co-founder of RockCorps, told Reuters on Thursday. RockCorps is a volunteer project that rewards teens with free concert tickets in return for doing charity work.
"He has the necessary work-permit and has been in the country twice already this year, so we're a little puzzled that a question mark is now being placed over his ability to enter the country to perform to volunteers," he added. Earlier this year, Rhymes was sentenced to three years probation after he pleaded guilty to four charges, including two assault charges and a DUI, according to his lawyer, Scott Leemon.
Before the issues were resolved, Busta had asked RockCorps to get Ludacris to replace him on the bill, and Luda was reportedly added to the show's lineup, according to AFP.
