Busta Rhymes
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Busta Rhymes
There was lack of cooperation between the rap artist Busta Rhymes and a half-dozen hip-hop celebrities who were present at the filming of a video at the studio which keep the authorities astonished. Busta Rhymes, 33, whose given name is Trevor Smith said "Even if you have a conversation with police, you'll be called a snitch." He faces a dilemma which has a particular resonance to the hip-hop world. He was showing his anger towards the family of Mr. Ramirez and a good number of his fans by keeping himself silent. Mr. Allah said that Busta is not his real name, it's a character he created. The killing of Israel Ramirez, an unarmed security guard who worked for Busta Rhymes, will join a string of unsolved slayings in the hip-hop world and Busta gunned down in his recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, in 2002. 33-year-old Trevor Smith, better known as Busta Rhymes, faces a dilemma that he has a particular resonance to the hip-hop world. His silence is angering the family of Mr. Ramirez and his fans. But if he speaks to the authorities, he risks harming his so-called street credibility. A growing number of fans have called his silence cowardly and amoral, and in New York, a group of ministers and anti-violence advocates have called for a boycott of his music. He's advertised himself as a hard-core guy, so the assumption out there is that if you're a gangster and a street dude, you shouldn't call the cops when there's trouble.