Busta Rhymes helped ship over 50 pallets of emergency provides to victims of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.

Busta Rhymes flew to Jamaica this week aboard a cargo aircraft loaded with greater than 50 pallets of emergency provides for Hurricane Melissa victims.

The Hip-Hop legend joined forces with Love & hip hop creator Mona Scott-Young and actor Tyrese Gibson for the large aid mission to his homeland.

Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica in October as a Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds, killing dozens and leaving almost 500,000 individuals with out energy or water.

“My whole family is Jamaican,” Busta Rhymes informed ABC News. “Everything about Busta Rhymes that y’all have known to grow and love was bought up and raised in a Jamaican household.”

The rapper didn’t just deliver supplies. He grabbed hammers and nails to assist rebuild a college roof in Norwood, St. James. In the underserved Flankers neighborhood, he gave an impromptu efficiency that lifted the spirits of hurricane survivors.

Mona Scott-Young organized the mission after connecting with individuals on the bottom who described the devastation.

“When I finally connected with some of my folks on the ground there, and they relayed the devastation … it definitely mobilized, for me personally, that I have to get boots on the ground to help,” she mentioned.

The scale exploded as soon as Busta Rhymes received concerned. Tyrese Gibson mentioned they introduced half a pallet on their first journey, however returned with 50+ pallets due to Busta’s affect within the leisure trade.

Busta Rhymes has household and childhood mates who have been immediately affected by the hurricane. Many communities on hillsides nonetheless lack water, electrical energy or vital support six weeks after Melissa’s impression.

The mission comes throughout a banner yr for the 53-year-old rapper. He acquired his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025 and introduced his new album, Vengeance. He additionally earned the Hip-Hop Icon Award at Harlem Week 2025, including to his 2023 BET Lifetime Achievement Award.

The trio plans extra journeys to Jamaica and is enlisting different celebrities related to the island. The aid mission labored with nonprofits, together with Helping Hand for Relief and Development and the GrassROOTS Community Foundation.

Future efforts will concentrate on reaching distant communities that haven’t acquired precedence consideration because the hurricane struck on October 28.

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