Chuck also helped the winner to organize his first band Leaders of the New School formed in the late eighties. He was the one who proposed to Trevor his future stage name, Busta Rhymes, originated from the name of the NFL player George ‘Buster’ Rhymes. As a teenager, Trevor won a competition for young rappers held by Chuck D from Public Enemy. The kid tried to stick to grown up rappers all the time and made then see a big gift in him and give him an opportunity to reveal his skills. Talented rapper with Jamaican ancestry, Busta Rhymes (Trevor Smith) was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 20, 1972.
