Busta Rhymes got a young TikTok creator all in check over the weekend after he boldly and incorrectly identified the rapper as \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum Tracy Morgan. <\/p>\n
The \u201cWoo-Hah!! Got You All in Check\u201d and \u201cCalm Down\u201d rap veteran, 53, sternly set the record straight for the social media troll during an exchange Sunday at Art Basel in Miami Beach. In video of the interaction, published Monday by TMZ<\/a>, the musician poses with a supposed fan for a photo op. \u201cGet the video of this, it\u2019s Tracy Morgan out here,\u201d the jokester, wearing a black hoodie and baggy jeans, seems to say as he points to Rhymes. <\/p>\n The remark immediately elicited confusion from the rapper and the surrounding crowd. \u201cWait, what\u2019d you say?,\u201d the Grammy-nominated musician asks, according to the video. \u201cWhat did you just say?\u201d<\/p>\n For reference, Rhymes is a longtime hip-hop star who first rose to prominence in the late 1980s and is also known for songs \u201cPut Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See\u201d and Chris Brown\u2019s \u201cLook at Me Now.\u201d Over the years he has collaborated with Notorious B.I.G., Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Pharrell, T-Pain, Missy Elliott and Ye (formerly Kanye West), among others. Morgan, on the other hand, is an Emmy-nominated comedy veteran who was part of the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d cast from 1996 to 2003 before pivoting to comedy series including \u201c30 Rock\u201d, \u201cThe Last O.G.\u201d and most recently, \u201cCrutch.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Both Rhymes and Morgan are Black men. <\/p>\n The video continues with Rhymes \u2014 real name Trevor Smith Jr. \u2014 requesting an onlooker put down their camera and asking the alleged fan to explain himself. \u201cI\u2019m trying to understand,\u201d he can be heard saying, patting the Tiktoker on the shoulder.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m asking you a question, I ain\u2019t calling you out,\u201d he says, later adding, \u201cI was taking a picture to show you love, but you trying to be funny?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not trying to be funny at all,\u201d the young man replied.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat [do] you mean, \u2018Tracy, my boy?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n As Busta Rhymes continues scolding the troll, the TMZ video pans over to the crowd and identifies Kenny Brooks, an internet personality known as Funny Salesman. While it\u2019s unclear if Brooks played a part in the viral interaction, he shared videos and coverage of the exchange to his Instagram stories on Monday. <\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t play with a grown man, little boy \u2014 that\u2019s how people get f\u2014 up,\u201d Rhymes reportedly told the young man, who can be seen walking away from the scene alongside Funny Salesman at the end of the video. Brooks attempted to distance himself from the exchange, calling out TMZ in a TikTok<\/a> posted Monday: \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened. I wasn\u2019t there,\u201d he said, despite video evidence pointing to the contrary.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not Shaggy, it wasn\u2019t me. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on. I was like Stevie Wonder, I ain\u2019t see nothing,\u201d Brooks said, adding he was trying to get his own video with Rhymes.<\/p>\n He ended his post with a nod to Rhymes\u2019 music: \u201cI\u2019m trying to put my hands where my eyes can see.\u201d<\/p>\n