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US rapper Busta Rhymes receives a Hollywood star
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He sold millions of albums and was nominated for a Grammy a dozen times: US rapper Busta Rhymes now gets a permanent place on Hollywood’s “Walk of Fame” at the age of 53.
The US rapper Busta Rhymes (53) is immortalized with a star badge in the heart of Hollywood. The hip-hop star is scheduled for August 1 at the “Walk of Fame” the 2,818. Remove star. He receives prominent support. Comedians Chris Rock and the rappers LL Cool J and Chuck D are invited as guest speakers.
This star is a testimony to the last influence of the musician on the hip-hop scene and American culture, said the “Walk of Fame” organization. Accordingly, Busta Rhymes sold more than 20 million albums and won a dozen grammy nominations.
The rapper, who was born in New York in 1972 as a child of Jamaican immigrants, who is called bourgeois Tahiem Smith Junior, had started his career in the 1990s. He became world famous with songs like “I know what you want”, “Break Ya Neck” or “Pass the Courvoisier Part II”. In 2023 the rapper released his tenth studio album with “Blockbusta”. When awarding the MTV Europe Music Awards last November, the musician was honored as a global icon with the Global Icon price.
The rapper already had several film and television roles (“Finding Forrester”, “Shaft”). On the side of Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson he can be seen in the comedy “The Naked Cam” (“The Naked Gun”) from August.
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Source: Stern

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