Straight buck wildin' in the place to be.
Busta Rhymes wants you to be present during his shows.
That means getting off your phone and truly enjoying and living in the moment.
In avideocaptured by a fan, Busta said, “Ayo, fuck them camera phones.
Let’s get back to interacting like humans.
Put them weird ass devices down.”
“Them shits don’t control us.
Fuck your phone!”
He then proceeded to single out people who were on their phones before asking them to stand.
“I will point every last one of y’all out until y’all asses is up,” he shouted.
“I don’t give a fuck.
All age groups get yo' ass up now!”
“Everybody up top, too, get y’all big head asses up!”
Busta demanded, adding that he has a “zero tolerance” policy for that kind of behavior.
“Make me feel like we home!”
On one hand, people understood where he was coming from.
The sound isnt for those tiny mics so it usually comes back all distorted.
And if youre not front row, you aint gonna get any useful video.
Just … live in the moment."
Some said Busta’s delivery just could have been better.
“He shouldn’t have disrespected the people who have been supporting him,” one persontweeted.
We not in YOUR ERA anymore big dawg.
People paid to see you, calm down."
It’s “unhinged behavior to tell people to stand up,” one redditorwrote.
“Fuck you buddy if I wanna sit shut your ass up.”
“Most likely the people on their phones were just waiting on their favorite artist.
Busta Rhymes went OFF on the Essence Fest crowd for being on their phones during his performance.pic.twitter.com/CnYPuWM6QY
