Students at the University Of Maryland Eastern Shore are kicking up a fuss after college officials pulled an on-campus gig that was due to be headlined by Busta Rhymes, citing concerns stemming from a 'police intelligence report' as an excuse for cancelling the event.
Students at the university, which traditionally attracts a high proportion of black students, are hoping to meet college officials later today to discuss the specifics as to why the 21 Feb gig has been axed. The The President of the college's Student Government, Mauresha Spencer, expressed the student community's anger at the decision, telling ABC: "We pay an activity fee every year, and every year it becomes more and more that the administrators try and take from us. Now we're tired of it, not gonna stand anymore. It's our money and it's our choice, we believe".
Rumours suggest that the police reports that caused college officials to cancel the gig relate to the rapper's previously reported refusal to participate in police investigations regarding that fatal shooting that took place outside a Busta Rhymes video shoot this time last year. As previously reported, police want to talk to the rapper about the incident, in which bodyguard Israel Ramirez was killed, believing that Rhymes was a crucial witness in the case. But so far he has successfully avoided having to give evidence to the investigation.