The saga continues in the case of Fat Joe publicly naming former New York Knicks player Anthony Mason as the real life subject for The Notorious B.I.G.’s “I Got a Story to Tell.”
His former teammate and revered NBA enforcer Charles Oakley has offered his two cents on the story, to which he deems the entire ordeal “disrespectful.”
TMZ caught up with Oakley, 52, taking five at a golf course where he stood up for his deceased friend.
“I think it’s … disrespectful,” Oakley tells TMZ. “I know Fat Joe, nice guy, but I played with Mason and I always got his back. Biggie ain’t here to tell the real truth.”
“Definitely disrespectful,” he added, doubling down on Fat Joe’s comments. “You don’t talk about a guy after he’s deceased.”
For the record, Joey Crack isn’t necessarily disagreeing with him. He expressed his remorse to Hip-Hop Wired, regrettably admitting “I don’t know if it was my place to say that.”
The seemingly autobiographical concept record tells how the late Hip Hop legend was knowingly blowing the back out of a woman who was involved in a relationship with his hometown NBA club. Over the years, speculators have named a myriad of players who were on the team’s roster during the mid-90s and in a recent appearance on ESPN’s Highly Questionable, Crack let it slip that it was Mason who left not only let Biggie turn his girl into sloppy seconds, he also parted with thousands of dollars in cash to keep his life, which he thought was on the line at that exact moment.
Diddy later went on to confirm the story “with love” to The Breakfast Club.
TMZ has had Oakley’s ear more than once this month. He spoke for his longtime friend Michael Jordan and said the NBA GOAT didn’t find the “crying Jordan memes” that hilarious as everyone else.
Disrespectful? Maybe. Although i feel like Joey Crack should have revealed who it was prior to dude’s departure…i still feel like its somewhat justifiable due to the fact he put peoples mind at ease. If Joe didnt let it be known, FANS(who pay money and support this art form and artists plus keep this chit ALIVE) would still be confused,guessing,wondering,questioning,left in the dark,debating etc who’s BIG is talking about and thats disturbing, and bothers alot of FANS to the point NOBODY GIVES A F**K ABOUT IT ANYMORE. nobody in my generation gives a f**k about who BIG was talking about! I heard the song and didnt even know who or what he’s talking about but now that i listen to it..i cancan picture who the song is about and enjoy it THANKS TO FAT JOE! The real DON of this rap chit so THANK YOU JOEY CRACK!! for not being fugazi like this WWE rap chit. We need more like you in hip hop. # LEGENDARY
Hip Hop to you is about fans who support? Man shut up… Hip Hop was asking mom if you can go outside. Stick to soccer practice punk hip hop don’t know you
This has been well known knowledge since the song first came out almost 20 years ago. Why is this news anyway??
“I’m in his ass (???) while he play against the Utah Jazz”
……….we been cross-referenced this shit, all you gotta do is look at the Knicks or Jazz’s season for the years before the album. I knew this back in ’96, cause bro was taking a few L’s around that time (God bless the dead). It’s like you could tell……
This is new to me because I had always thought it was John Starks, even though he was 6’3″, the NBA had listed him as 6’5″.
I thought the first rule of the streets’ where all this rappers came from was not to snitch.Biggie let people guess and wonder and thats pure art form.What the hell the sassy bitch of ditc have do with it.keep ur mouth shot Joey.
I wonder how this chick looked. Mason was ugly and was just a below average basketball whose place in basketball history is due more to being one of Pat Riley’s goons than being a quality player. We all know Biggie didn’t have it in the looks category, looked like he had Down syndrome and was always breathing heavily through his mouth. So this sounds like a cheap ugly groupie that can’t get a good looking celebrity. Story really is much ado about nothing. I mean come on I don’t care for that song anyway. Why would anyone want the picture of a naked Biggie banging some two bit groupie in their brain
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I think it was very disrespectful and disappointing for fat ass Joe to leak that rumor out like that because he’s not revalent now days and wants to throw Anthony Mason under the bus and him and Anthony was hanging buddys that’s a dam shame let the man rest in peace along with his family and stop bringing up old sh#t both men are gone and they family’s will never get over the fact of losing them so if you want to ay something talk about their great legacy not negativity. Peace and God bless you