The family of Busta Rhymes’ bodyguard has branded the lyricist “a liar” for his unwillingness to cooperate with the police investigation.

“We really don’t want anything to do with that man,” Israel Ramirez’s sister, Sonia Rodriguez, 44, told the New York 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 says that immediately following I.R’s death, Busta tearfully contacted them by phone to assure them that he was cooperating with the authorities.

“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.”

The family found out that Busta is an advocate of the “Stop Snitchin’” movement after seeing news reports – months after Rhymes made his earnest phone call last August – confirming that he had still not spoken to detectives.

“It’s been so long already. And even if they do find the person who shot him, I don’t think it will help at all,” said Israel’s oldest sister, Claurice Alra, 45. “It won’t bring my brother back.

“I think he should have spoken to investigators, but we can’t impose our will on him,” she said. “Now I guess he has to live with himself and remember how he treated a friend.”

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of Israel Ramirez’s death.