Trevor George Smith Jr. is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and record executive. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver George “Buster” Rhymes. His list of hit singles include “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check” and “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” He has received 11 Grammy Award nominations for his work.
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Trevor George Smith Jr. is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and record executive. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver George “Buster” Rhymes. He has released ten studio albums, with the first being the 1996 platinum-selling album The Coming. His list of hit singles include “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check” and “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” He has received 11 Grammy Award nominations for his work. In 2012, The Source placed him on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. In November 2011, BustaRhymes signed a deal with Cash Money Records. On July 23, 2014, he announced that he left Cash Money records due to creative differences and was no longer on Republic. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City on May 20, 1972, to Geraldine Green and Trevor Smith Sr., both from Jamaica. He attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Brooklyn with future rappers Christopher \”The Notorious B. I. G\” Wallace and Shawn \”Jay Z\” Carter. He also starred in Who’s the Man? with his fellow Leaders of the New School members in 1993. In mid-1994, Rhymes continued to make guest appearances such as the single “Oh My God” with A Tribe Called Quest, LL Cool J, Puff Daddy, and former classmate The Notorious I.G.
He starred alongside Ice Cube and Omar Epps in the John Singleton film Higher Learning in mid-1995. He appeared in the film Forest Whitaker, which also starred actor and rapper Fredem Woodbine and co-starred alongside IceCube and co.-director Craig Mack. He is married to former Miss New York contestant and Miss New England contestant, Toni Garrn. He currently lives in New York with his wife, Tanya, and their two children, 2-year-old daughter and 1-month-old son. He lives in Queens with his family. He and his wife have three children, a son and a daughter, both of whom have been born to Jamaican parents, and a step-daughter. He had a son with fellow hip-hop artist T.I. with fellow rapper Travyon Martin. In early 1993, he appeared on the album jacket of A Tribe Quest’s Midnight Mar Marers, with other fellow hip hop pioneers such as Brand Nubian, KRS-One, as well on the interludes to Mary J. Blige’s debut What’s the 411? and R&B trio TLC’s second album CrazySexyCool. In 1993, they released T. I M E. E… In early 1992, the group released their debut album A Future Without a Past… in 1991 on Elektra Records. The group’s big break was when they became an opening act for hip hop group Public Enemy.
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