Busta Rhymes

Former Leaders Of The New School rhymer and Tribe Called Quest affiliate Busta Rhymes is no stranger to reinventing himself and his sound. Throughout the years of his illustrious decades-long career, he's gone from dreaded neo-freak to a more classic NYC throwback look, equipped with short hair and crisp Timbs...

Busta Rhymes has managed to stay in the game while consistently evolving his sound. The New York veteran also isn’t a slouch behind the mic, delivering a flurry of bars whenever he gets called on for a feature. Take his previous work with DJ Khaled, for example, where he shines on remixes for “Welcome To My Hood” and “All I Do Is Win.” XXL was curious ab...

At one point in time, hip-hop music wasn't the major musical force that it is today; it was a fad relegated to the South Bronx, where DJs cut between drum breaks for a young crop of dancers to spin on their head to in the park. Flash forward 40 years, and hip-hop has become one of the most recognized forms of popular music...

On 2005's "Old School Rules" by Danger Doom, Talib Kweli raps that, "I might be buggin but it seem to me/That cartoons be realer than reality TV." While we could easily enumerate a number of reasons why Kweli's lyric is a bold hyperbole to make - namely because they're cartoons - it definitely speaks to hip-hop's longstanding history with the animated arts. Whe...

Busta Rhymes channels his inner Vybz Kartel and mashes up the Internet with his latest club banger. Busta drops "Twerk It" which is produced by superproducer Pharrell Williams. The song is meant for what the title implies. Shake your derriere like you just don't care. I can se...

With the Prisoner Of Conscious album less than a week away from being released (May 7), Talib Kweli decides to bless us with a new track from the album. Talib gets Busta Rhymes to assist him on "Rockets Ships," which is also produced by RZA. The duo ...

Busta Rhymes must have wanted his burgers in a hurry. According to Cheeseburger Baby’s owner Stephanie Vitori, she never experienced a celebrity act in such a way before. Apparently, Busta Rhymes went to the resturant close to 6 a.m. an...

On this day, March 26th, in hip-hop history... 1996: Busta Rhymes released his debut solo album The Coming. Prior to '96, Busta was a member of the Native Tongues group Leaders of the New School with Dinco D, Charlie Brown and Cut Monitor Milo...

After teasing fans with a trailer earlier this week, Fuse has released the full episode of its "Crate Diggers" series featuring J Dilla. In the mini-doc, which can be viewed above, Fuse explores the music and legacy of the late Detroit producer and rapper, who passed away in 2006 from a blood disease brought on by a lupus-related autoimmune disorder. Col...

On an upcoming episode of its famed Crate Diggers web series, Fuse will explore the sampling history of the late great J Dilla. Using interviews with Talib Kweli, J. Rocc, DJ Spinna, Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey and others, the episode will cover the Detroit producer's legendary works with the likes of Busta Rhymes, The Roots, Erykah Badu and many more...

Earlier tonight, the world of hip-hop was shocked when reports began to surface indicating that Lil Wayne had suffered another seizure today after being rushed to the hospital on Thursday for multiple seizures. While the dramatic early reports have been all but put to rest, fans and friends of the YMCMB rapper are still reaching out to send the New Orleans emcee with their prayers and best wishes

It’s been a while since you we have heard new music from Mystikal. In a interview with Rolling Stone, the Louisana rapper is preparing to release his YMCMB debut, Original, due out in June. Mystikal was incarcerated for six years at Louisiana’s Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. Since his ...