The 10 Biggest Tour Bus Mishaps In Recent Rap History
A rapper's tour bus is supposed to be a place where he or she can kick back, unwind and prepare for the next show. Rappers pay thousands of dollars to outfit their buses with all the luxuries of home. But unfortunately, those rides have turned into huge problems for some rappers in recent years.
Ask Young Jeezy. He's currently behind bars on $1 million bail because police found an assault rifle on his tour bus when it was parked in Irvine, California for a recent stop on Wiz Khalifa's Under the Influence of Music Tour. Promo or no promo, Jeezy might be in big trouble, and right as his latest album Seen It All is set to hit stores. In light of his arrest, here are 10 of the biggest tour bus mishaps in recent rap history.
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The Rapper: 2 Chainz
The Mishap: After police pulled Tity Boi's bus over in Oklahoma City in November 2012 for a broken taillight, they suspected that illegal drugs might be inside. They asked for permission to search the vehicle but were denied, as 2 Chainz and everyone else on the bus refused to leave it.
The Fallout: A short time later, police obtained a warrant to search the bus and placed 2 Chainz and 10 other people under arrest. They were all hit with misdemeanor charges of obstruction and booked before getting released.
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The Rapper: Snoop Dogg
The Mishap: At a Border Patrol Checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas in January 2012, authorities discovered three prescription bottles filled with marijuana cigarettes after a drug-sniffing dog alerted them to the presence of drugs on Snoop's bus.
The Fallout: Snoop admitted that the marijuana belonged to him. He was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and given a court date.
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The Rapper: DJ Khaled
The Mishap: In April 2012, Khaled was headed to the 2012 Grad Bash in Orlando, Fla. when his tour bus caught fire and eventually exploded.
The Fallout: Khaled lost a ton of stuff in the explosion. From jewelry to clothing to sneakers, everything that was on the bus when it went up in flames was destroyed in the explosion. "When I tell y'all shit be real, shit be real!" he said in a video that he released a short time later. "This ain't no rented bus."
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The Rapper: French Montana
The Mishap: After a show in Philadelphia, a large group of fans were gathered around French's bus when a car pulled up next to it and started shooting.
The Fallout: Fortunately, only two people were hit by the gunfire. Unfortunately, one of the two men died at a nearby hospital shortly after the shooting took place. French was understandably upset about what took place. "Nobody got time for this shit," he wrote on Instagram as the caption for a photo of a police officer questioning him about the shooting.
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The Rapper: Nelly
The Mishap: While Nelly and his crew were trying to get through the Border Patrol Checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas in October 2012 (the same one that Snoop Dogg got arrested at in early 2012), police found 36 small bags of heroin, more than 10 pounds of marijuana, and a loaded pistol on their bus.
The Fallout: One of the men who was on the bus at the time took the fall for the drugs and the gun and was subsequently arrested. Nelly and five other men on the bus were released and allowed to continue traveling.
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The Rapper: Wiz Khalifa
The Mishap: We have to change mishap to mishaps here. On two separate occasions—once in North Carolina in November 2010 and again in North Carolina in May 2012—Wiz has been arrested after police have found large amounts of weed on his bus.
The Fallout: Wiz was hit with drug possession charges after both tour bus searches. He hasn't been arrested for a tour bus-related incident since then, though, so it seems he's cleaned up his act (or found a better way to transport his weed).
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The Rapper: Bizzy Bone
The Mishap: In June 2011, Bizzy allegedly attacked two Bone Thugs-N-Harmony fans who paid $80 each to climb aboard Bizzy's tour bus for a meet-and-greet. One of them suffered a broken nose while the other was left badly bruised after the attack.
The Fallout: Bizzy wasn't arrested for the assault. But the fans who claimed he attacked them did sue him later that year as a result of what took place.
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The Rapper: Waka Flocka Flame
The Mishap: After taking a trip on Flocka's tour bus from Cleveland to Akron, Ohio in July 2010, a woman went to police and claimed that she was the victim of a sexual assault on the bus.
The Fallout: Flocka wasn't named in the woman's complaint so he was not charged with any crimes. But police did question him about the alleged crime during their investigation and looked into the woman's allegations.
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The Rapper: Fabolous
The Mishap: Police pulled over Fab's tour bus as it traveled from Phoenix to Boston in February 2009 and found more than 500 pounds of marijuana on it. They also confiscated more than $6000 in cash.
The Fallout: Fab wasn't actually on the bus when it was pulled over, so he wasn't arrested. But two men who were on it at the time were arrested and hit with various drug charges.
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The Rapper: Young Jeezy
The Mishap: In August 2014, two days after a murder took place at a show in San Francisco during a stop on Wiz Khalifa's Under the Influence of Music Tour, police approached Jeezy's bus at another stop in Irvine, Calif. and demanded to search it. When they did, they found an assault rifle on board.
The Fallout: Six people who were on the bus, including Jeezy, were arrested and hit with weapons-related charges. Jeezy is currently in jail on $1 million bail and will likely have to go to court to answer to the charges filed against him.
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