--- title: Busta Rhymes: Protein Shake Hurl Earns Rapper Assault Charge description: He was charged with second-degree assault in New York City canonical: https://time.com/3987081/busta-rhymes-assault/ author: Eric Dodds article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-06T11:54:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:05.665Z og:title: Busta Rhymes Arrested After Allegedly Throwing Protein Shake og:description: He was charged with second-degree assault in New York City. og:url: https://time.com/3987081/busta-rhymes-assault/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d23e74f00a0e1a8/69885e275f570f49f9b1cca9/busta-rhymes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Busta Rhymes og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Busta Rhymes Arrested After Allegedly Throwing Protein Shake twitter:description: He was charged with second-degree assault in New York City. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d23e74f00a0e1a8/69885e275f570f49f9b1cca9/busta-rhymes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Busta Rhymes Arrested After Charge of Throwing Protein Shake at Fellow Gym-Goer by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Aug 6, 2015 11:54 AM UTC  Busta Rhymes performs onstage at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on July 18 in Irvine, Calif.. Busta Rhymes performs onstage at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on July 18 in Irvine, Calif..Scott Dudelson—Getty Images by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Aug 6, 2015 11:54 AM UTC Rapper and actor Busta Rhymes was charged with assault after allegedly tossing a protein shake at another man in a New York City gym on Wednesday night, [according](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6656011/busta-rhymes-charged-with-assault-after-throwing-protein-shake-in) to assorted media reports. Information regarding the incident is trickling out slowly, but the 43-year-old Rhymes reportedly got into a altercation with another patron at Steel Gym in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. There’s been no confirmation yet regarding the cause of the fight, the particular brand of protein—likely a whey composite—used in the assault or the status of the victim. Rhymes, born Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr., is currently working on _E.L.E. 2 (_ _Extinction Level Event 2)_, an apparent sequel to his similarly-titled 1998 album. \[[_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6656011/busta-rhymes-charged-with-assault-after-throwing-protein-shake-in)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3987081/busta-rhymes-assault/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3987081/busta-rhymes-assault/"},"headline":"Busta Rhymes Arrested After Charge of Throwing Protein Shake at Fellow Gym-Goer","datePublished":"2015-08-06T11:54:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:05.665Z","description":"He was charged with second-degree assault in New York City","url":"https://time.com/3987081/busta-rhymes-assault/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d23e74f00a0e1a8/69885e275f570f49f9b1cca9/busta-rhymes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d23e74f00a0e1a8/69885e275f570f49f9b1cca9/busta-rhymes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Busta Rhymes","caption":"Busta Rhymes","creditText":"Scott Dudelson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3987081/busta-rhymes-assault/","name":"Busta Rhymes Arrested After Charge of Throwing Protein Shake at Fellow Gym-Goer"}}]}] ```