Busta Rhymes had an island named after him. Read to know the reaction of Twitter users when this fact about Massachusetts was discovered

Published on March 25, 2018 | Published By: resh sharma | In Interesting Facts , Lifestyle

Source: Spin (Busta Rhymes)

Fans of famous hip-hop artist Busta Rhymes have discovered that there is actually an island named after him.
And people on Twitter are actually losing their minds mostly because the island had gone unnoticed for so many years.

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Busta Rhymes island

The island is actually a 40-by-40 foot island in Mill Pond, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and is named after Hip Hop artist Busta Rhymes. According to Slate magazine, since 2009, the island has been regularly visited and tended by Kevin O’Brien.

“It’s a very small little island [with] rope-swinging, blueberries, and … stuff Busta would enjoy,”

O’Brien told Boston.com almost a decade ago.

how is busta rhymes island not the capital of massachusetts pic.twitter.com/E9xiGnIlYz
— brohsen (@brohsen) March 7, 2018

Caretaker

Slate magazine in 2009 published a story on Kevin O’Brien. Kevin, then 27, would frequently visit the island with friends for a hangout or with family. He said he began to take care of the island in 2005. He is an unofficial caretaker of the island.

Busta also voluntarily planted fruit and cleaned up after trash left behind by other visitors. Kevin O’Brien felt like it was a second home. So, he thought he needed to properly name the island.

The name he decided should be unforgettable as well as fitting. Thus he named the island Busta Rhymes. Since a teenager, Kevin has been a fan of the rapper.

Attempt to name officially

Kevin O’Brien did attempt to make the island’s name official by submitting a proposal to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

However, he received a reply that in order to name a piece of land after a celebrity, the individual must have been dead for at least 5 years. And so the island was never officially named Busta Rhymes Island.

Determined Kevin was able to geotag Busta Rhymes Island on Google Maps.

Unofficial name

According to Angela Snell, director of parks and recreation in Shrewsbury, the island has no name.

Snell said “It’s just a small pond in the Town of Shrewsbury. And residents use it for canoeing or fishing. There’s no swimming at the pond, so it’s really just to enjoy nature and that kind of stuff.”

Social media reaction

On March 6 of this year, the unusual fact about Massachusetts was reminded. Altas Obscura had mentioned the island’s existence and people quickly reacted to it. The tweets soon went viral and more people received the information.

There's an unnamed island in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts that a local man once campaigned to name Busta Rhymes Island. It is currently searchable by that name on Google Maps pic.twitter.com/OGYEo4gqu0
— Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) March 6, 2018

Somehow, someway…I need to see this for myself. Busta Rhymes Island!? 😂🤣 There had better be a T-Rex on this island, or it just won't do the name justice! pic.twitter.com/f97hyVwHSY
— Jimmy Farrow✊🏿🎮🎙️👨🏾‍⚕️😷 (@JayDukes) March 7, 2018

Appreciated

Social media users heartily appreciated this information as well as thanked Kevin. We’ve included some reactions below.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I LIVED 20 MINUTES FROM BUSTA RHYMES ISLAND FOR 15 YEARS https://t.co/KexiZE86y3
— Emma. (@emmapiscia) March 6, 2018

This gives me hope. https://t.co/GhphpK4ORt
— Nathan Fox (@nfox) March 6, 2018

Lived in Massachusetts all my life and I just found out there's a place here called "Busta Rhymes Island" 😂😂😂
— 𝑀𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒 (@MasshoIe) March 7, 2018

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Short bio on Busta Rhymes

Busta Rhymes’s real name is Trevor George Smith Jr. He was born on May 20, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York City. His parents were Geraldine Green and Trevor Smith Sr. who are from Jamaica. Busta has 4 children- 3 sons, T’Ziah (born 1993), T’Khi (born 1999), Trillian (born 2001), and a daughter Mariah (born 1998).

Busta is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and record executive. He has released nine studio albums. The first album, The Coming was released in 1996 and was platinum-selling. The hip-hop artist received 11 Grammy Award nominations for his work.

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