 Busta Rhymes has opened up about his weight loss efforts, revealing that a worrying moment during sex led to his transformation. The hip hop legend has enjoyed a decades-long career in the spotlight, with songs including Break Ya Neck, Touch It, Beach Ball and I Know What You Want. However, during the pandemic, a health scare forced the 51-year-old to focus on himself, after he reached 340lbs and couldn't breathe properly due to a 90% blockage in his throat after finding polyps on his vocal cords. Speaking in a candid chat with Men's Health, he explained that his weight gain was partly due to his struggle to deal with the death of his dad, in 2014. Following his loss, he threw himself into work to 'escape the pain', and would instead turn to drinking, smoking, eating unhealthy food and getting into the studio to avoid his feelings. '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,' Busta recalled. 'I was having a really difficult time breathing, so I got up and I walked out of the bedroom so she wouldn't panic seeing me trying to keep myself calm. Busta explained he had breathing issues during sex (Picture: Getty) 'I was trying to inhale, and it felt like it wasn't working. I felt like I was having like 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. That was scaring me so much that it was a mindf**k, because I had to stay calm and make sure she didn't hear me panic or hear me struggle to breathe. I'm butt-ass naked in the living room, trying to calm myself down. 'When I came back in the room once I got right, I laid back down next to her and she said something to me that really f**ked me up. She was like, 'Yo, this is not who I fell in love with.' She didn't know w){kind=link}
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Busta Rhymes has opened up about his weight loss efforts, revealing that a worrying moment during sex led to his transformation.
The hip hop legend has enjoyed a decades-long career in the spotlight, with songs including Break Ya Neck, Touch It, Beach Ball and I Know What You Want.
However, during the pandemic, a health scare forced the 51-year-old to focus on himself, after he reached 340lbs and couldn’t breathe properly due to a 90% blockage in his throat after finding polyps on his vocal cords.
Speaking in a candid chat with Men’s Health, he explained that his weight gain was partly due to his struggle to deal with the death of his dad, in 2014.