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Lance “Un” Rivera, whose early career is closely interwoven with that of the Notorious B.I.G.’s, recently sat down for an extended interview during which he reflected on key moments in the late artist’s history. Among them, as seen below, was the first time Biggie heard 2Pac’s diss record “Hit ‘Em Up.” In the track’s opening […]
Fat Joe says Big Daddy Kane “saved” him from having to launch into a key freestyle moment alongside 2Pac and Biggie. The moment in question was discussed at length in the recent premiere of the new podcast Iconic Records, hosted by Angie Martinez. Preceding it around the 21:40 mark in the video below was a […]
After a clip of Sting speaking about receiving the royalties for Diddy’s “I’ll Be Missing You” circulated online recentlty, the rapper clarified just how much he pays The Police frontman. In the clip from a 2018 interview with Sting and Shaggy on The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne asked the musician if it’s true he gets paid $2,000 by […]
YG and Ty Dolla Sign reunite on “Let’s Ride,” featuring fellow West Coast rapper Lambo4oe. The song, which will appear on the Fast X motion picture soundtrack, samples Biggie Smalls’ 1997 cut “Notorious Thugs” with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. “Ridin’ four deep, I’m like, ‘Baby, push the button’/Hundred on the dash, I ain’t even had to touch it,” Lambo4oe raps in the […]
Joyner Lucas paid a visit to Hot 97 this week to drop an impressive freestyle for Funk Flex. The session was inspired by Joyner’s 2015 track “Backwords,” which featured the Worcester, Massachusetts rapper spitting his bars in forward and reverse. In the same vein, Lucas delivered a “backwards” freestyle for Funk Flex—who previously challenged Joyner to […]
The NYPD is looking to track down the vandal responsible for defacing a Notorious B.I.G. mural in Brooklyn. As reported by CBS News, a Biggie mural located at the corner of St. James Place and Fulton Street in Clinton Hill was vandalized on Friday, as someone spray painted the rapper’s face and wrote the words “East Coast” across the painting. […]
Will.i.am isn’t shying away from sharing his true feelings about a pair of hip-hop legends. During a recent interview with Hip Hop Confessions, the Black Eyed Peas member offered up a hot take regarding 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G. “Like when people say 2Pac and Biggie, I’m such a Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul head […]
In a new interview with DJ Whoo Kid, Wiz Khalifa explained why he’s always preferred the Notorious B.I.G. over 2Pac. In an exclusive clip from his conversation, as seen above, Wiz didn’t hesitate to pick a favorite between the East Coast and West Coast icons. “Who’s my favorite? Biggie,” the 34-year-old responded at the 5:00 point of […]
In a recent interview with the Art of Dialogue, legendary Bay Area rapper Spice 1 ripped Funk Flex for blaming 2Pac for the Notorious B.I.G.’s death. Back in 2017, Funk Flex delivered an emotional rant in which he claimed ’Pac lied about getting robbed and shot at NYC’s Quad Studios, an alleged mistruth which Flex thinks ultimately led to […]
As part of a Twitter Spaces hosted to celebrate what would’ve been the Notorious B.I.G.’s 50th birthday, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs told Jay-Z he “filled” the shoes of Biggie and 2Pac after their deaths. Hov and Diddy were in attendance at the TIDAL-hosted event, when Jay said the death of Biggie and Pac left a “void” in the rap […]
