Editing Busta Rhymes (section)

==Personal life==
Busta Rhymes identifies as a member of the [[Five-Percent Nation]] and has been a [[Muslim]] since the age of 12.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zjHRXeM8g4|title=Busta Rhymes on 5 Percenters & Nation of Islam|date=May 29, 2009 |via=YouTube|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-date=December 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227174443/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zjHRXeM8g4|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Busta Rhymes is a Muslim and talks about Islam| date=June 27, 2007 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm0dhky6wFk|via=YouTube|access-date=March 27, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407213758/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm0dhky6wFk|url-status=live}}</ref> He has six children: three sons (born in 1993, 1999, and 2001) and three daughters (born 1998, 1999, and 2006).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Steven|title=Busta Rhymes' 'Ego Hurt' By Ex-Girlfriend Becoming A Lesbian|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/busta-rhymes/news/busta-rhymes-busts-ex-girlfriend-for-being-a-lesbian_1000892|website=Contactmusic.com|date=June 27, 2006 |access-date=March 19, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402060954/http://www.contactmusic.com/busta-rhymes/news/busta-rhymes-busts-ex-girlfriend-for-being-a-lesbian_1000892|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Busta Rhymes Gets Results Of Paternity Test|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1426762/busta-rhymes-gets-results-of-paternity-test/|publisher=MTV News|access-date=March 19, 2015|archive-date=April 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401235335/http://www.mtv.com/news/1426762/busta-rhymes-gets-results-of-paternity-test/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Daddy Dearest: Paternity Scandals in Music|url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/r5m97h/daddy-dearest-paternity-scandals-in-music/7s1eve|publisher=BET|access-date=March 19, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164529/http://www.bet.com/music/photos/2011/11/daddy-dearest-paternity-scandals-in-music.html#!100311-shows-hha11-backstage-busta-rhymes|url-status=live}}</ref>

During an interview for [[Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes]], the rapper walked out when confronted with a question about [[LGBT representations in hip hop music|homophobia in the rap community]]. Rhymes is quoted as saying: "I can't partake in that conversation," followed by, "With all due respect, I ain't trying to offend nobody. . . What I represent culturally doesn't condone [homosexuality] whatsoever." When asked if the [[Hip hop (culture)|hip hop culture]] would ever accept a homosexual rapper, Busta Rhymes then exited the interview.<ref name="WashingtonPost1">{{cite news | last=Richards | first=Chris | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR2007021901224.html | title=A Hip-Hop Fan Hunts the Reason Behind the Rhyme | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=2007-02-19 | access-date=2008-03-09}}</ref>

In a later interview with [[MTV News]], Rhymes expressed his support for [[Frank Ocean]] upon his coming out, as well as general cultural acceptance of homosexuality.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ryynq5/frank-ocean-coming-out-busta-rhymes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527164243/https://www.mtv.com/news/ryynq5/frank-ocean-coming-out-busta-rhymes|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 27, 2023|title=Frank Ocean Is 'Impeccable,' Busta Rhymes Praises|magazine=MTV News|date=July 6, 2012}}</ref>