Busta Rhymes
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50 free Busta Rhymes trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Busta Rhymes has been one of rap's most recognizable voices for more than three decades: a rapid-fire delivery, a larger-than-life screen presence and a string of singles that turned up everywhere from pop radio to film soundtracks. This quiz works through the top Busta Rhymes songs: the breakout guest verse, the solo hits and the records they sample, the famous duets and features, and the videos that made him a fixture on music television. A few questions cover his albums, his early years and his acting roles. It suits casual fans who know the major singles as well as hip-hop heads who can name the producer behind a beat. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick up the stories behind the songs as you go.
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Q 01Busta Rhymes's "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" video salutes which Eddie Murphy comedy?
Coming to America
Coming to America was playing on the studio television while the track was being mixed, and Busta felt the beat had an African sound.
Q 02Which singer joins Busta Rhymes on "What's It Gonna Be?!", one of the costliest videos ever made?
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson stars in the effects-heavy video, which cost upwards of $2 million and has Busta forming out of spilled silver liquid in a suit of armor.
Q 03The violins in Busta Rhymes's "Gimme Some More" are sampled from the theme of which Hitchcock film?
Psycho
Psycho's opening theme, composed by Bernard Herrmann, loops under what is often rated the peak of Busta's breathless, high-speed delivery.
Q 04Busta Rhymes raps on "Don't Cha", a chart-topper in 15 countries for which girl group?
Pussycat Dolls
Pussycat Dolls, a burlesque troupe turning pop group, took their debut single to number two in the US. Tori Alamaze had first recorded it a year earlier.
Q 05"Touch It" by Busta Rhymes is built around a sample of "Technologic" by which electronic music duo?
Daft Punk
Daft Punk returned the favor by working the Busta Rhymes single into their live album Alive 2007.
Q 06Which singer returned to the US top five with Busta Rhymes on the 2003 hit "I Know What You Want"?
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey and Busta reached number three in the US, and reunited in 2021 for Where I Belong, whose video continues the same storyline.
Q 07The Busta Rhymes hit "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up" samples the theme from which 1980s TV series?
Knight Rider
Knight Rider's theme replaced the Al Green sample of the album version, and the reworked single became his third US top-ten hit.
Q 08Busta Rhymes raps one of his fastest verses on "Look at Me Now", a 2011 hit by which singer?
Chris Brown
Chris Brown's single, which also features Lil Wayne, reached number six in the US and gave Busta his seventh top-ten hit there.
Q 09"Break Ya Neck" by Busta Rhymes contains an interpolation of "Give It Away" by which rock band?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers' hook is replayed rather than sampled, and singer Truth Hurts adds vocals to the 2001 single from the album Genesis.
Q 10Busta Rhymes raps on a 2011 cover of "The Little Drummer Boy" recorded by which Canadian pop singer?
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber's Drummer Boy, from his Christmas album Under the Mistletoe, topped People's 2013 list of the weirdest holiday duets.
Q 11Busta Rhymes broke out at 19 with the final verse of the posse cut "Scenario" by which rap group?
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest released it on The Low End Theory, and Time later picked the track for its All-TIME 100 Songs list.
Q 12Which rapper traded ever-longer verses with Busta Rhymes until 2014's "Calm Down" ran six minutes?
Eminem
Eminem answered each extended Busta verse with a longer one of his own, a back-and-forth that took about seven months, and he mixed the finished track too.
Q 13Which Public Enemy member gave Trevor Smith the name Busta Rhymes at a talent show around 1989?
Chuck D
Chuck D handed out the name, and soon afterward the Bomb Squad, Public Enemy's production team, took the teenager's first group under its wing and taught its members to produce.
Q 21Which 2006 Busta Rhymes album, led by the single "Touch It", was his first to top the Billboard 200?
The Big Bang
The Big Bang sold 209,000 copies in its first week and unveiled a new look: Busta had cut off the dreadlocks he wore for most of his career.
Q 22Busta Rhymes first recorded for Elektra as a teenager in which Long Island hip-hop group?
Leaders of the New School
Leaders of the New School won their name in a song battle set by the Bomb Squad; the losing crew had to settle for the name Young Black Teenagers.
Q 23Busta Rhymes was born to Jamaican parents in the East Flatbush area of which New York City borough?
Brooklyn
Q 14The name Busta Rhymes was borrowed from George "Buster" Rhymes, a 1980s pro in which sport?
Football
Football's George Rhymes was a Minnesota Vikings wide receiver who set an NFL single-season record for kick return yardage in 1985.
Q 15In the "Dangerous" video, Busta Rhymes is made up as Mel Gibson's character Riggs from which film?
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon supplies the video's plot, with sidekick Spliff Star made up as Gary Busey's villain Mr. Joshua.
Q 16Which director shot fisheye-lens videos for Busta Rhymes hits such as "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check"?
Hype Williams
Hype Williams went on to direct Dangerous, Gimme Some More and Break Ya Neck, and his Woo-Hah!! clip earned an MTV nomination for Breakthrough Video.
Q 17Busta Rhymes joined Coolio and Method Man on "Hit 'Em High", the Monstars' anthem from which film?
Space Jam
Space Jam gave its villains their own theme, which missed the main US chart but reached number one in Norway and number eight in the UK.
Q 18"Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" by Busta Rhymes is named after a brand of which French spirit?
Cognac
Cognac house Courvoisier ranks among the four leading names with Hennessy, Rémy Martin and Martell. The song's video has cameos from Mr. T and Jamie Foxx.
Q 19"Rumble in the Jungle", a Fugees single with Busta Rhymes, samples "The Name of the Game" by which pop group?
ABBA
ABBA had never before let one of their recordings be officially sampled, a decision Benny Andersson later put down to the group's admiration for Lauryn Hill.
Q 20Which "Break Ya Neck" co-producer later released a Busta Rhymes album on his Aftermath label?
Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre shared the 2001 production with Scott Storch, and five years later was among the producers of the rapper's first chart-topping album.
Brooklyn was home until he was 12, when the family moved to Uniondale on Long Island, where he later formed his first group.
Q 24Which producer gave the "Touch It" beat to Busta Rhymes after Eve turned the instrumental down?
Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz recalled that Eve simply wasn't feeling the track at that moment, while Busta was eager to take it.
Q 25Which rock band joined Busta Rhymes on the 2008 single "We Made It", a top-ten hit in Britain?
Linkin Park
Linkin Park kept springing to mind when Busta heard the beat, and the band's Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson added production to the finished single.
Q 26Which rapper joins Busta Rhymes on the official single version of the dancehall-flavored "Twerk It"?
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj recorded her verse one day and filmed the video in Flatbush soon after, on a set so large she said she hadn't known it was a real video.
Q 27Which dancehall star joins Busta Rhymes and Spliff Star on the single remix of "Make It Clap"?
Sean Paul
Sean Paul was added for the remix, which replaced the original as the official single in January 2003 and reached number 46 in the US.
Q 28The Puff Daddy single "Victory", featuring Busta Rhymes, samples Bill Conti's music from which film?
Rocky
Rocky's soundtrack cue Going the Distance drives the track, which carries the last verses the Notorious B.I.G. recorded, a day before he was shot.
Q 29Busta Rhymes and Black Thought remade "My Shot" for a mixtape of songs from which Broadway musical?
Hamilton
Hamilton's mixtape version, which also features Joell Ortiz, took the trio to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the song.
Q 30Which rapper's "Hey Lover" beat "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check" by Busta Rhymes to a Grammy Award?
LL Cool J
LL Cool J won Best Rap Solo Performance, and Will Smith then beat Busta to the same award in each of the next two years.