Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes

The 'Empire State of Mind' hitmaker - who is now married to pop superstar Beyonce - attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in downtown Brooklyn with fellow rap star Busta. Busta - whose real name is Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr - revealed in 2020 that Jay, who was known as Shawn Carter in his high school days, once challenged him to a rap battle. He said: "I was just starting to figure out how to master my fascination with the speed rap. He was already on it. He was doin’ it at an incredible level of skillset. And was displayin’ that s*** like — water spillin’ all over the place. Just takin’ shape and form whatever way he felt like it ‘cause he had been on his s*** with it."