Busta Rhymes was detained at London City Airport yesterday, as he arrived in the UK to play the Orange RockCorps gig at the Albert Hall tonight, a concert for young people who have been involved in voluntary projects.

UK border authorities initially planned to send the rapper back to Amsterdam, from whence he came, due to him having “unresolved convictions in the USA”, but some last minute wrangling by the rapper’s legal people led to a British judge ruling he be let into the country. All of which means organisers of the RockCorps gig have now lined up Ludacris as a stand-by should Rhymes not actually make it to the Albert Hall on time.

A statement on the Orange website reads: “He was initially denied entry to the country due to ‘unresolved convictions in the USA’. His lawyer Philip Trott intervened and presented papers in support of Busta’s case for entry. The immigration authorities repeated he was to be denied entry and made arrangements to fly him back to Amsterdam on a flight at 9.30am. Contact was made with the duty High Court judge, Mr Justice Flaux, who granted an injunction at 8.58am to prevent Busta being returned to Amsterdam. He is currently detained pending a decision on temporary admission by the immigration officer”.

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