Busta Rhymes was arrested on a drunken driving charge in New York early today, police said, marking the latest in a series of recent legal troubles for the US rapper.

US rapper Fabolous was shot early today as he stood at a Manhattan parking garage, spurring a sequence of events that left him in hospital in a stable condition and under arrest for gun possession.

Actor Russell Crowe was arrested today for allegedly throwing a telephone at an employee of the Manhattan hotel where he was staying in New York, police said.