Busta Rhymes Finally Opens Up About His Grief, Depression & Recovery!

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

November 27, 2023

Duration

1h 34m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

If you enjoy hearing about inside the music industry and its artists, I recommend you check out my conversation with will.i.am, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-2QhqdlfI 00:00 Intro 01:43 Early context 09:49 How your parents' divorce affected you 17:02 I wanted to prove my father wrong 21:04 Why did you want to rap? 23:56 Becoming an accidental MC 34:53 The addiction to entertaining people & their reactions 42:08 Father pushing you away from hip hop because he loved you 45:16 Why you? 48:11 What are the fundamentals that people need for success? 57:50 What character traits do they need to have? 01:03:56 Do you feel guilty for missing your children's life events? 01:10:00 Your manager and friend, Chris 01:16:41 Why I stopped doing music for 9 years 01:19:10 Starting to abuse my body into an early grave 01:24:34 Getting my life back on track 01:27:58 Your new album 01:30:46 Passing on the flame to new artists You can listen to Busta’s newest album ‘Blockbusta’, here: https://spoti.fi/40UxsvS Follow Busta: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3t0odO6 Twitter: https://bit.ly/49VkjGS Join the waitlist for The Conversation Cards: http://theconversationcards.com/ Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGq-a57w-aPwyi3pW7XLiHw/join FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://x.com/StevenBartlett?s=20 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: Zoe: http://joinzoe.com with an exclusive code CEO10 for 10% off Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/doac Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Conversation cards: https://bit.ly/41JuSYH

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Steven Bartlett

  host

• Busta Rhymes

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Steven Bartlett and Busta Rhymes, Busta Rhymes Finally Opens Up About His Grief, Depression & Recovery! explores busta Rhymes on Pain, Purpose, Fatherhood, and Rebuilding His Life Busta Rhymes reveals a side of himself rarely seen, tracing his journey from a disciplined but turbulent childhood through street life, hip hop discovery, global superstardom, and a devastating descent into grief, depression, and self-neglect.

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