Busta Busted In The Face By Reporter

Yesterday WNBC.com's Josh Einiger was covering Busta Rhymes Manhattan criminal court appearance and ended up becoming a news story himself.

When Rhymes arrived, all the reporters crowded around and pushed microphones in his face, hoping he'd say something about the charges.
"Basically I was bumped by another reporter and my microphone accidentally hit him right in the nose," Einiger later recalled. "He stopped walking and glared at me."

After an awkward silence, Einiger said he was sorry for the mistake, and Rhymes slowly continued with his walk.

"I never once even heard his voice," Einiger said.

This reporter has clearly forgotten two main rules in life:

1) Don't hit Busta Rhymes in the face.

2) NO SNITCHING. Ever.

Not only did he snitch on Rhymes by reporting this story, but he was quick to blame this "other reporter" for the incident. Footage can be seen here.

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By Jen Carlson in News on May 9, 2007 10:30 AM

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Still Not Amused

Basically, The reporter knew that under the right circumstances he was going to catch the ass whupping of a lifetime ! The poor guy probably thought to himself as Busta glared at him. "He's going to beat the holy shit out of me here in front of everybody ! Smart move by Busta in letting it go . That's no reason to make this guy a wealthy victim .

socknpope

Clearly.

Rocknrope

Sorry, but this cracked me up for two minutes this morning. The look Mr. Rhymes gives after getting the mic pushed into his schnozzle is priceless.

I'm easy to amuse, clearly.

"James Frey"

Josh Einiger is a Grade-A moron. Neither I nor anyone else who knows him is surprised by this. He probably ran back to the sat truck and called the desk screaming "I've got an EXCLOOOOOSIVE!!!"