Busta Rhymes Reveals the Moment He Knew He Needed to Lose Weight

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Busta Rhymes is opening up about the moment when he realized he needed to lose weight and it happened while he was in the bedroom.

The 51-year-old rapper underwent an impressive body transformation back in 2020 and got into the “best shape” of his life. “I think I stay in better shape now because I was in horrible shape in 2018 and ’19,” Busta said in a new Men’s Health video. “I never been as heavy as I was in my life until that time.

So, I was about 340 pounds, and then I was having all kinda ailments happen.” After the death of his father in 2014, Busta says he was “drinking, smoking, eating bad.” Also, “I also had a 90 percent blockage in my throat because of polyps on my vocal cords, and my breathing was bad.” It all came to a turning point while Busta was having sex. Keep reading to find out more… “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,” he said. “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.” He continued, “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.