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Brooklyn NY, United States (1989 – present)

Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York), better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper and actor signed to Universal Motown. He began his rap career in the group Leaders of the New School, and according to Songfacts had his breakout moment when they featured on A Tribe Called Quest’s hit, Scenario. Busta then released his debut album, The Coming, in 1996. He has since released 1997’s When Disaster Strikes, 1998’s E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front, 2000’s Anarchy 2001’s Genesis, 2002’s It Ain’t Safe No More, 2006’s The Big Bang and 2009’s Back on My B. S. His ninth studio album, The Chemo, will be released early 2010 and is said to be 80% completed.

Born to parents Geraldine Green (1947) and Trevor George Smith Sr, and he has a younger brother, Paul Smith. His parents divorced when he 10 years old. Busta’s time during the year of 1983 was that of change, his parents got divorced and his way of thinking was altered, during that year he also changed his religious beliefs and re-named himself ‘Born Justice God Allah’ because of the supreme sorts of names that he now believed in and looked up to. He discovered hip hop music through listening to the Zulu Beats Radio Show, something influenced him from that show and three years later he would form a group. Busta also went to school in the United Kingdom, where he lived in Blackpool, Preston and Morecambe. Ended up graduating from George Westinghouse High School in downtown Brooklyn.
As a youngster he played basketball, football and soccer.
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