Rapper Trevor George “Busta Rhymes” Smith Jr. railed against pro-mask extremists and “weird ass” government COVID lockdowns and mandates during the Seoul Tacos 10th Anniversary Block Party in St Louis, Missouri in June. Rhymes noted that “you can’t even breathe freely,” while wearing a mask, and said that government officials who try to “take our civil liberties away’ can “suck a d**k.”
“This is my second show in front of human life in the last fifteen f**kin’ months,” Rhymes said, to raucous applause. “COVID can suck a d**k. All these little weird-ass government policies and mandates can suck a d**k. Stop tryin’ to take our civil liberties away. It feels good to be back outside, we outside for real.”
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“It’s called the God-given right of freedom, right?” he continued. “No human being supposed to tell you you can’t even breathe freely. F**k your mask. I mean I’m sayin’, some of y’all might feel differently but, f**k your mask. I can’t rhyme to you with a mask on. We can’t eat food with a f**king mask on. We can’t even see each other smile with a mask on. I come from a time when before i even used to want to holler at a chick, I used to have to do s**t with my face to let her know that I’m into her.”
Speaking about positive energy, Rhymes said, “All of that energy gets blocked when your mask is on. Energy is important, and we are all conductors of f**kin’ good energy. We also got to be clear when a motherf**ker trying to give you bad energy, you can tell only from the expression on their face. I wanna see the face, f**k your mask. I mean, I’m sorry I gotta go political and s**t, I miss my people, we gotta talk.”
