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FAMILY OF SLAIN BODYGUARD FED UP WITH BUSTA: Relatives of Israel Ramirez heated over rapper’s refusal to talk to police.

(February 6, 2007)

*The police aren’t the only ones frustrated by Busta Rhymes and his refusal to cooperate with the investigation into the shooting of his bodyguard, Israel Ramirez.

According to the New York Daily News, Ramirez’s family is now completely through with the entertainer and has branded him a bold face liar.

"We really don't want anything to do with that man," Ramirez's sister, Sonia Rodriguez, 44, told the Daily News. "He could stop breathing tomorrow, and I wouldn't care. Whatever happens to Busta Rhymes is not going to bring back my brother."

The family’s ire is rooted in a phone call they say came from Busta months after Ramirez was gunned down on the Brooklyn set of the artist’s remix video for “Touch It.” According to the family, Busta was emotional and assured them that he was cooperating with police. However, it has been widely reported that Busta is a devotee of “no snitching” street justice and has kept his mouth shut around investigators thus far.

Israel Ramirez

"He's not talking," a police source told the newspaper. "He doesn't want to lose money by getting the reputation for talking to cops, so a killer remains free."

Ramirez's family only found out the truth after seeing news reports - months after Rhymes made his earnest phone call last August - confirming that he had still not spoken to detectives.

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