| Busta Rhymes in 2005.Birth name
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr.Origin
Brooklyn, New York, U.May 20, 1972), better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American hip hop musician and actor.Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the name Busta Rhymes (from former NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes) after watching him perform.Busta Rhymes was a member of Leaders of the New School and released two albums with the group before breaking out with a 1996 solo hit single, "Woo Hah!!Early years
Smith was born in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, and is of Jamaican heritage.Rumors persisted that Busta clashed with Charlie Brown over creative control of the groups direction.The Leaders of the New School released their second and final album The Inner Mind's Eye (T.Smith began his solo career.The album was met with commercial and critical success and ended up going Platinum.Fire It Up" reached as high as number 2 on the UK singles chart.The next year he released The Imperial Album as part of the Flipmode Squad, a collaborative project with rappers Rampage, Lord Have Mercy, Spliff Star, Rah Digga, and Baby Sham.In 2000, after workingon several movie projects, including "Full Clip", with Xzibit, the remake of Shaft, Busta Rhymes released his final album for Elektra, Anarchy.Continuing the Biblical theme of his previous albums, he titled his record Genesis.The album featured collaborations with Mary J.Diddy, Kelis, and many more.Genesis was powered by the hit single with Kelis, "What It Is," and his solo hit single released in November of 2001, "Break Ya Neck."The album was moderately successful, with a hit song featuring Mariah Carey and the Flipmode Squad called "I Know What You Want."After its release, he left J Records.Busta Rhymes performing in 2006.In November 2005, Smith cut off his trademark dreadlocks during a photo shoot in a New York barbershop owned by producer Cory Rooney.The CD sold over 209,000 copies in its first week to earn the top spot on The Billboard Top 200.The Big Bang featured more production by Dr.The singles that have been released from the album are, "Touch It," "I Love My Bitch," featuring Kelis and will."New York Shit," and "In The Ghetto."Also, Smith performed with Eminem on "Touch It Remix Part 5".On October 24, 2006, he appeared at Manhattan Criminal Court as the district attorney's office attempted to amend previous charges against him to include weapons possession for a machete found in his car.The dispute with Hatchett is believed to have been originated over back pay Hatchett felt he was owed.The conditions of the proposed sentence would include: five days of community service, two weeks of youth lectures and six months of anger management classes, as well as three years of probation.On May 3, 2007, according to the UK's 1Xtra TXU news broadcast, Smith was arrested on a drunk driving charge in New York City.Officers stopped him at about 12:40 a.An arraignment was expected later that day.The Coming
1997: When Disaster Strikes
1998: E.Filmography
Busta Rhymes: Everything Remains Raw (2004) (V)
Full Clip (2004) ....Rhymes
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) ....Freddie Harris
Narc (2002) ....Darnell 'Big D Love' Beery
Space Ghost: Coast to Coast (2001) (TV) ....Himself
Finding Forrester (2000) ....Terrell Wallace
Shaft (2000 film) (2000) ....Reptar Wagon
The Wayans Bros (1998)...."The Steve Harvey Show" ....Zack (1 episode, 1998)
"Cosby" ....Dreads (as "Busta Rhymez")
Strapped (1993) (TV) ....Busta Rhymes Forms Rap Group at Uniondale High", It Happened on Long Island, Newsday.Boston Herald, February 20, 2007."Rapper Busta Rhymes considers plea deal for misdemeanor assault with no jail time", Court TV, February 21, 2007."Rhymes Could 'Beat' The Rap", New York Post, February 21, 2007.This page was last modified 23:03, 10 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Charts
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Think you know all about this famous pair?Test Your Smarts and find out!Hop, Rock, News, Collabos, Album News, The BoomBoxPopEater Music Blog: Busta Rhymes is teaming up with Linkin Park on the track 'It Looks Like We Made It' on his upcoming album, 'Back on My BS,' due December 4.Linkin Park joined forces for...Hop, Collabos, New Videos, Video Premiere, The BoomBoxPopEater Music Blog: Artist: T.Alfamega and Busta RhymesSong: 'Hurt'Why You Should Watch: No flashy cars.Want More Busta Rhymes?Highlights: A smokin version of her hit single Tambourine and a killer verse from Party Like a Rockstar.Get behind the scenes footage from other Sessions alums. |
