Rapper Busta Rhymes talks about his 45kg weight loss after major health scare

Busta Rhymes in 2019 (left) and December 2020. Photos: TNS and Busta Rhymes/Instagram

The hip-hop legend is opening about how he lost 100lbs (45kg) within a year.

Weighing in at 254lbs (115kg), the 48-year-old rapper says he initially gained weight following the death of two important men in his life – his father and his friend and longtime manager, Chris Lighty.