Troubled rapper Busta Rhymes was released on $7,500 bail yesterday following his drink driving arrests earlier that day. Police stopped the hip-hop star, real name Trevor Smith, at 12.48am after they noticed the windows of his GMC Yukon Denali Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) were excessively tinted.

Officers claim they smelled "a strong odor of alcohol" on Smith's breath and "he dropped his wallet to the ground" when he attempted to show them his identification.

An on-site sobriety test found his blood alcohol level was .147 - above the legal New York State limit of .08. However, a later test at the police station showed his level as .067.

Smith was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of driving while ability impaired and driving while intoxicated on Thursday. He is scheduled to return to court on Tuesday to stand trial for two separate assault cases.

Prosecutor Harrison Schweiloch called the rapper a "violent, predicate offender", the New York Post reports.

This latest incident is the fourth time Smith has been arrested in the past nine months. In February, he was arrested for allegedly driving on a suspended license and aggravated driving."

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