WEST SPRINGFIELD — It was double your pleasure for rap fans Saturday night as two legends of the genre, Busta Rhymes and Rick Ross, stormed into The Big E Arena, delivering performances that had the crowd reeling.

The concert, one of the first in The Big E’s entertainment lineup this year, drew fans young and old from across the region, eager to witness the hip-hop heavyweights share the stage.

The audience offered definite preferences on who they came to see, with the younger crowd tending to favor Ross.

“We came to see Rick Ross,” said Stevie Bonser, who was there with Priscilla Bonser, both of West Springfield. “It’s the voice; it’s just the voice!”

Others, like Alma Pablo and Tino Francisco, traveled from their home in Sandisfield to see Rhymes.

“I like Busta Rhymes,” Francisco sa

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