The Hip-Hop world
has been buzzing about an altercation in Miami last weekend that sent Dave Mays,
former owner of The Source, to the hospital.
Sources told AllHipHop.com
that rapper Busta Rhymes and Mays were in the nightclub Opium when the incident
occurred.
The two were allegedly
involved in a dispute over remarks Mays allegedly made about Rhymes on an unnamed
radio station, when an associate of Rhymes struck Mays over the head with a
bottle of liquor.
Reports stated
that Mays was treated at a local hospital, where he required almost 50 stitches.
he does is run all round and try to act tough and then other people get hurt
in the midst of what he does," said Mays’ partner Ray "Benzino"
Scott. "Supposedly Dave made a comment on Star’s show [The Star & Bucwild
morning show on New York’s Power 105.1]. Now mind you, the [New York] Post is
killing Busta Rhymes and for some reason he turns his attention on Dave Mays.
Dave Mays is the same one that put Busta Rhymes on the cover two or three times,
the same one that let Busta host The Source Awards. I mean, I guess at the end
of the day, after all them steroids, [Busta] wants to pick on somebody."
Chris Lighty,
CEO of Violator, which handles the careers of Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent, Eminem,
Missy Elliott, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and others, confirmed that an altercation
took place between Mays and his artist.
"There was
an altercation," Chris Lighty confirmed with AllHipHop.com. "The Dave
Mays thing, all I can say is those guys are worthless."
Sources told AllHipHop.com
that Mays will not press charges against Rhymes.
Both Rhymes and
Tony Yayo are the subject of an investigation involving the murder of Rhymes’
bodyguard, Israel Ramirez, who was gunned down in Brooklyn, New York, in February,
on the set of Rhymes’ "Touch It (Remix)" video.
Authorities have
been stymied in their investigation due to lack of cooperation from key witnesses,
including Rhymes and Yayo, despite the shooting being witnessed by hundreds
of people.
Lighty did deny
an alleged incident reported in the New York Post that claimed Rhymes had assaulted
a gay fan who was seeking an autograph.
Reports said that
the rapper was leaving the 11th Street Diner in the South Beach district when
a fan allegedly congratulated the rapper on his success, prompting Rhymes to
reply: "I hate f*****g f######, man’."
"That came
out of no where," Lighty told AllHipHop.com. "People are dramatizing
that situation."