According to reports, Busta Rhymes has been banned from the set of a film he's working on because of security fears. The New York Mayoral Office Of Film, Theatre And Broadcasting has agreed to keep the rap star away from the NYC filming of 'Order of Redemption' after "the Police Department raised public safety concerns". The New York Times claim the reason behind that decision is that the movie's producers were unable to afford the cost of the extra officers police deemed necessary on account of the hip hopper's "celebrity status".
Rhymes, aka Trevor Smith Jr, has, as previously reported, had recent run-ins with the police and has of course maintained his silence over the killing of his bodyguard Israel Ramirez in New York last year, refusing to speak to the police about witnessing the incident, which took place on another set, that time for one of Rhymes' own music promos.
Order of Redemption's director Jeff Celentano says: "This is tremendously unfair to Busta, who has been nothing but professional during this project. This is a bigger loss for the city of New York".