Busta Rhymes, pseudonimo di Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr. (New York, 20 maggio 1972), è un rapper, produttore discografico e attore statunitense.
Candidato dodici volte ai Grammy Award e vincitore di cinque BET Hip Hop Awards, ha pubblicato dieci album in studio e numerosi mixtape, vendendo oltre 9 milioni di album negli Stati Uniti. Ha ottenuto successo grazie alle collaborazioni con artisti di fama internazionale, tra cui Don't Cha con le Pussycat Dolls, I Know What You Want con Mariah Carey e Look at Me Now di Chris Brown, vendendo complessivamente oltre 20 milioni di copie.
Nel corso della sua carriera ha collaborato con numerosi artisti del panorama hip hop/rap, tra cui P. Diddy, Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliott, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, e provenienti dal panorama R&B e Pop, come Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Pussycat Dolls, John Legend, Pharrell, Estelle, Ashanti e Miguel.
Nel 1993 il rapper recita in Poliziotti per caso, progetto cinematografico che lo porterà nel corso della carriera a recitare in altri film, tra cui L'università dell'odio (1995), Shaft (2000), Scoprendo Forrester (2000), Breaking Point (2009) e King of the Dancehall (2016).
Il suo pseudonimo lo si deve a Chuck D (Buster Rhymes era il nome di un giocatore di football americano famoso a quei tempi).
Per saperne di più...Il 20 maggio 1972 era una sabato sotto il segno zodiacale del ♉. Era il 140 ° giorno dell'anno. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti era Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 20 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland Press reach agreement with stiking teamsters union on May 19; teamsters struck Plain Dealer and Press closed voluntarily; teamsters sec A DePalma comments
Date: 20 May 1972
Time-Life correspondent D DeVoss wounded on May 19 during N Vietnamese shelling of Govt relief force trying to reach beleagured Anloc; reptd in satisfactory condition at US 3d Field Hosp, Saigon
Date: 21 May 1972
LESTER MARKEL
Lester MARKEL
Former NY Times Sunday Editor L Markel lr on issue of FCC broadcast licensing holds that TV news and printed news should not be allowed same freedoms; says since number of TV channels is limited there must be policing to prevent 'traffic jams on the air' and to insure that public opinion will not be propagandized
Date: 21 May 1972
Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland Press resume pub on May 20 after agreement is reached with striking teamsters on May 19
Date: 20 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
15 employes of Axel Springer newspaper and magazine publishing co are injured when co bldg in Hamburg is subjected to 2 violent explosions on May 19; police in Hanover rept that employes at Springer plant there are evacuated after they recd anonymous bomb threat; allege bombing is work of Baader-Meinhof, group of extreme left-wing students who have been blamed for terrorist activities around W Ger; Springer newspapers have been carrying on campaign against leftist radicals
Date: 21 May 1972
By Reuters
police rept finding 2 bombs in Hamburg hq of Axel Springer newspaper and magazine co on May 20
Date: 20 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
White House deputy communications dir Clawson on May 19 reiterates his charge that NY Times in at least 2 specific instances has served as 'conduit of enemy propaganda,' int; says his statement reflects view of Nixon Adm; asserts 2 articles--one quoting informed sources as saying that mines in N Vietnamese ports were designed to deactivate themselves before Nixon's arrival in Moscow and the other containing N Vietnamese officials' claim that US mines were being cleared from Haiphong harbor--should have been more thorougly researched; charges Times did not give same prominence to Govt denials as it did to original dispatches; NY Times managing editor A M Rosenthal issues statement denying assertions; excerpts from Clawson and Rosenthal statements
Date: 20 May 1972
ed, replying to Nixon Adm criticism of Times for publishing dispatches giving N Vietnam's position on effectiveness of US mining of Haiphong harbor, disagrees with Adm's apparent belief that Amer newspapers have duty to suppress all statements by N Vietnamese Govt as inherently false and to accept all US Govt statements as true
Date: 21 May 1972
By GRACE LICHTENSTEIN
Grace LICHTENSTEIN
Prof J O'Connell, pioneer in formulating concept of 'no-fault' ins, urges product-safety ins that will pay victims promptly out of ct for common injuries suffered from household products, s, Consumer Journalism Conf, NYC; contends current system of forcing victims of home accidents to sue for compensation in long, expensive ct cases is 'indefensible' and 'makes the system for compensating victims of auto accidents look good'; says list of 'actuarially predictable' household accidents and their causes will form basis for special payments to be made to victims through their group health ins; other recommendations detailed; S Groner, spokesman for Natl Assn of Mfrs says major problem in system will be that most home accidents are caused by human error or carelessness, not defective products
Date: 20 May 1972
Pres Nixon signs resolution deploring shooting of Gov Wallace