Blessed with one of the most plastic and fantastic flows in all hip-hop, capable of explosive streams of high-speed syllables, gently crooned choruses and everything in between, Busta Rhymes is one of the genre’s great icons – and will be joining us to answer your questions as he releases new album Blockbusta.
Born Trevor Smith Jr in Brooklyn to Jamaican parents in 1972, he parlayed his family background into his rap career, adding a ragga energy to the city’s rapidly efflorescing hip-hop scene in the late 1980s. His rep was first minted in his group Leaders of the New School, including a notable verse on A Tribe Called Quest’s hit Scenario, before going solo in considerable style with startling debut single Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check, a Top 10 hit in the US and UK in 1996.
