*Busta Rhymes says getting chiseled in the past was about looking ripped. These days, the rap veteran says its all about living longer and “self-preservation.”
“Me, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, a lot of artists now, understand the seriousness and significance of self-preservation: a healthy diet regimen, significant water intake, getting your sleep so your body can repair itself when you beat it up and you tear that muscle from the workouts,” the rapper told Men’s Health in an article published Tuesday.
Rhymes, born Trevor Smith, told the magazine about several key moments that got him serious about losing weight, which had climbed up to 340 pounds just a few years ago. One of them happened in 2019, when after a night of partying he passed out in the car and it took his oldest son and security team 45 minutes to get him in the house.
The artist said his weight gain happened while grieving the loss of his father, which led to poor eating habits.
“My dad died in 2014 and I drowned myself in work. I just kept drinking, smoking, eating bad — the whole nasty — and recording a bunch of songs just to escape the pain. I also had a 90 percent blockage in my throat because of polyps on my vocal cords, and my breathing was bad,” he explained.
It became apparent that his health had spiraled out of control during an scary incident following sex.
“One night I was getting ready to have, make, you know… I was getting ready to have an intimate moment with my ex. I had a breathing issue after the intimate interaction,” he recalled. “I felt like I was having an asthma attack — but I don’t have asthma. So I walked out of the bedroom and went into the living room, and I was forcing myself to inhale, to relax. I’m butt-ass naked in the living room, trying to calm myself down.”
He said his partner told him it was time to get healthy.
“She was like, ‘Yo, this is not who I fell in love with.’ She didn’t know what happened outside, but she was looking at my body and the weight. She was like, ‘You gotta lose this weight,’” he said.
That same week, one of his sons teased him about his weight by touching his stomach.
“He was just being funny, but these things never happened when I had a six-pack. Those are two moments that really made me say, ‘Right, I gotta fix all of this,’” he said.
Busta has since dropped 100 pounds in preparation for this year’s “The Final Lap” tour with 50 Cent.
“I’m trying to lean out, chisel that six-pack up, build the pecs, cap the shoulders, get the traps, triceps—you know, get your waist small, stomach flat, get your back muscle so you can take the T-shirt off on the stage,” he said. “I’m gonna be on stage with 50 [Cent] and don’t want to be a weak link.”
Men’s Health also interviewed 50 Cent, Method Man, Wiz Khalifa, Common, and Ludacris for the special issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip hop.
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