Busta Rhymes' Viral Red "Dress-Like" Fit Ignites Hip-Hop Fashion Debate

Busta Rhymes just set the internet ablaze - again.

This time the conversation is loud. Busta stepped out in a red ensemble that has social media in chaos days after it was posted and reposted. The clip circulating right now is actually older than folks think, I believe, but once it resurfaced it hit the algorithm like a meteor. In the video, Busta is talking about summer and Christmas which puts it somewhere around last summer.

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What really pushed this outfit is the ultra-flared out pants. At first glance they look like a skirt or dress! People swore up and down that Busta was wearing a dress. He wasn't...exactly doing that. They are pants that look like a dress. Once the comment section got wind of it, the reactions exploded. Even Pete Rock said something! (See Below!)

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Here are some comments.

What is funny is how the rules of Hip-Hop fashion seem to magically shift depending on who is doing the wearing. When Young Thug throws on something "avant-garde," old heads act like the apocalypse is near. Let Busta do the same thing and suddenly everyone is silent.




That selective outrage is interesting, because Busta has always been a boundary pusher. From the early Leaders of the New School days to this dress-like settie.




Busta is from the era where Hip-Hop had stricter "uniform rules," even though he broke all the rules. Or maybe, just maybe, he knows exactly how to stir up a viral storm. Either way: Busta has people talking. That is goals in 2025.




I will keep watching to see how long we surf this wave.

















































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