Career
First coming on the New York City music scene in 1977, Busy Bee worked with many of hip-hop"s founding fathers, including Melle Mel, Afrika Bambaataa, and Kool DJ AJ. Known for his comedic rhymes, Busy Bee originally gained a large following through Military Cross rap battles in Staten Island, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. He was famously roasted by Kool Moe Dee at Harlem World in Manhattan, New York, December 1981, in one of the earliest documented rap battles. In the early 1980s Afrika Bambaataa asked Busy to join his Zulu Nation where the young Military Cross would DJ for Bambaataa"s Zulu Nation parties.
Busy Bee continues to rhyme today, most recently appearing on KRS-One and Marley Marl"s collaborative 2007 album, Hip-Hop Lives.
Busy Bee was featured in the 1983 film Wild Style, billed as the first hip-hop motion picture, directed by Charlie Ahern. More recently, he played himself in the 2002 inner-city drama Paid in Full.
In 2007, he was included in the video documentary Hip Hop Legends.
