Busta Rhymes was arrested and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon on Saturday after his performance at the AmsterJam Festival in New York.

A spokesperson for the New York Police Department told MTV News that Rhymes (real name: Trevor Smith Jr.) was arrested in connection with an incident that occurred at 4 a.m. on August 12 in the Chelsea district of New York. The spokesperson, Detective Madelyne Galindo, said she could not specify what the weapon was or who was assaulted in the incident. Several news outlets reported Sunday (August 20) that Rhymes, 34, had allegedly assaulted a man who spat at his car; The New York Post reported that police had found a machete in the rapper's vehicle.

While details of that incident remain unclear, New York's Daily News reported that police used the opportunity to question Rhymes about the February 5 slaying of his bodyguard, Israel Ramirez, outside the set of the rapper's "Touch It" video, citing an unidentified source. Rhymes has come under intense criticism for refusing to cooperate with police investigations into the murder.

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