--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Busta Rhymes Arrested After Charge of Throwing Protein Shake at Fellow Gym-Goer > Sponsored content. 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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"}}]}] ```