Editing Busta Rhymes (section)

==Early life==
Trevor George Smith Jr.<ref>{{cite news|title=Busta Rhymes must be released, orders judge|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3081767/Busta-Rhymes-must-be-released-orders-judge.html|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=March 23, 2016|archive-date=April 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410095509/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3081767/Busta-Rhymes-must-be-released-orders-judge.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Buzz Briefs: Emilio Navaira, David Blaine|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/buzz-briefs-emilio-navaira-david-blaine/|work=CBS News|date=September 25, 2008 |access-date=March 23, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404144847/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/buzz-briefs-emilio-navaira-david-blaine/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Busta Rhymes Refused Entry into Britain|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/busta-rhymes-refused-entry-into-britain-65465/|website=Accesshollywood.com|date=September 25, 2008 |publisher=NBCUniversal, Inc.|access-date=March 23, 2016|archive-date=April 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405053352/http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/busta-rhymes-refused-entry-into-britain-65465/|url-status=live}}</ref> was born in the [[East Flatbush]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], on May 20, 1972, to Geraldine Green and Trevor Smith Sr., who both were immigrants from [[Jamaica]].<ref>{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000537548/biography |title=Busta Rhymes Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date=May 20, 1972 |access-date=April 25, 2014 |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904132636/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000537548/biography |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ScEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA106|title=Vibe|date=August 1, 2000|access-date=October 5, 2017|via=Google Books}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BVfzXrPBDcv/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/bustarhymes/1540175524926863151 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=As me, my brother Shakim, and my 3 sons and his 2 sons ... visit our old King's resting place.|first=Busta|last=Rhymes|publisher=Busta Rhymes verified Instagram account|date=June 18, 2017|access-date=October 5, 2017|quote=Trevor G. Smith Sr. ... Love you very much Dad.}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At age 12, Smith's family moved to [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] on [[Long Island]], and settled in [[Uniondale, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Busta-Rhymes-Biography/E01C9152440DE73C482568A50013A40A |title=Busta Rhymes Biography |publisher=Sing365.com |date=December 6, 2007 |access-date=December 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104194352/http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Busta-Rhymes-Biography/E01C9152440DE73C482568A50013A40A |archive-date=January 4, 2013 }}</ref> For a short while, Smith attended [[George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School]] in Brooklyn with future rappers [[The Notorious B.I.G.|Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace]] and [[Jay-Z|Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/jay-z-talks-high-school-rap-battle-with-busta-rhymes-on-kimmel-194181/|title=Jay Z Talks High School Rap Battle With Busta Rhymes on 'Kimmel'|first=Ryan|last=Reed|date=October 21, 2015|access-date=September 24, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924181818/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/jay-z-talks-high-school-rap-battle-with-busta-rhymes-on-kimmel-194181/|url-status=dead|quote=Jay Z, who attended Brooklyn's George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School with Busta Rhymes and Notorious B.I.G.}}</ref> and attended [[Samuel J. Tilden High School]] with [[Special Ed (rapper)|Edward "Special Ed" Archer]] and Roderick "Chip Fu" Roachford of [[Fu-Schnickens]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/busta-rhymes-biggie-smalls-jay-z-masked-singer-extinction-level-2-2814338|title= Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?! – Busta Rhymes|magazine=NME|last=Ryan|first=Gary|date=November 12, 2020|access-date=August 23, 2022}}</ref> Smith eventually graduated from [[Uniondale High School]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/notable-long-islanders-1.2342650|title=Notable Long Islanders|newspaper=Newsday|location=New York City / Long Island|date=September 17, 2018|access-date=September 24, 2020|quote=Rapper Busta Rhymes ... graduated from Uniondale High School in 1991.|archive-date=July 15, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200715151625/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/notable-long-islanders-1.2342650|url-status=live}}</ref>

Busta also spent time in [[England]] during the early 1980s where he resided with his maternal aunt. She lived in [[Morecambe]], and he spent two summers there with his mother and younger brother.<ref name="GQ2020"/> He went to [[Skerton Community High School]] while he was staying in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.beyondradio.co.uk/news/local-news/busta-rhymes-in-morecambe-the-truth/ | title=Busta Rhymes in Morecambe: The Truth }}</ref> He told ''[[GQ]]'' in a 2020 interview, "One summer when we went down there I was 12, my brother was eight, so my aunt made sure that we actually went to school in England. Regular school and then we went to karate school too. We also were on some [[breakdancing]] that was so crazy, we ended up actually getting work to breakdance in clubs as minors. And our cousins used to run us around and they used to advertise us as TJ and Paul."<ref name="GQ2020">{{cite web | url=https://www.gq.com/story/busta-rhymes-ele-2-interview | title=The Voice: What Busta Rhymes Has Learned After over 30 Years in Hip-Hop | date=November 21, 2020 |work=GQ|first=Cheo Hodari|last=Coker}}</ref>