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Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., aka Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper and hip hop singer-songwriter.

Born 20^th May 1972 in Brooklyn, New York to Jamaican parents, Smith took an interest in rap and hip hop from a young age. At the age of sixteen he joined the hip hop crew Leaders of the New School, along with Charlie Brown, Cut Monitor Milo and Dinco D. They got their first break appearing on tour with Public Enemy (it was the band’s member Chuck D who gave him the name Busta Rhymes – after the NFL player George ‘Buster’ Rhymes) before signing to Elektra Records and making their first recorded appearance on the label’s compilation album Rubáiyát: Elektra’s 40^th Anniversary.

The group released their debut studio album A Future Without a Past in 1991 and scored three US Hot Rap Singles chart Top 10 hits with Case of the P.T.A., Sobb Story and The International Zone Coaster. Rhymes and Charlie Brown subsequently appeared on the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest’s hit single Scenario, before New School released their second studio album T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind’s Eye) in October 1993. Despite the album reaching number 66 on the Billboard 200 and spawning the number one rap hit What’s Next, the group were in turmoil and split up shortly afterwards.

Rhymes signed to Elektra as a solo artist and released his debut album The Coming in 1996. It was a critical and commercial smash hit, reaching number one on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and number six on the Billboard 200. It also produced the US Top 10 single Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check.

Since then the rapper has released a further seven studio albums and scored Top 40 hits with the singles Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See, Dangerous, Turn It Up/Fire It Up, What’s It Gonna Be?! (ft. Janet Jackson), Break Ya Neck, Pass the Courvoisier Part II (ft. P. Diddy and Pharrell), I Know What You Want (ft. Mariah Carey and Flipmode Squad) and Touch It.

Busta Rhymes’ ninth solo album E.L.E.2 (Extinction Level Event 2) is due for release later in 2010.