Rapper Busta Rhymes was arrested after he pummeled a man during an argument in Brooklyn, police said Thursday. The Brooklyn-bred artist, whose real name is Trevor George Smith Jr., got into an argument with his 50-year-old employee near the corner of Jay St. and Front St. in Downtown Brooklyn around 10:15 a.m. Jan. 10, according to cops. As the two men argued Rhymes, 52, repeatedly punched the man in the face numerous times, they added. Busta Rhymes performs onstage during Day 1 of the 2024 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 5, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Josh Brasted/Getty Images for ESSENCE) Medics took the assistant to Woodhull Hospital to be treated for swelling to the left side of his face. The “Break Ya Neck” rapper was charged with assault in the third degree. A request for comment from Busta Rhymes’ manager was not immediately returned.