2Pac and Biggie were nearly labelmates at Bad Boy Records — that’s according to ‘Pac’s brother Mopreme Shakur.
On Tuesday (October 17), Mopreme sat down with The Art of Dialogue and revealed that prior to inking a deal with Death Row Records upon his release from jail in 1995, 2Pac was reportedly considering joining Diddy’s hugely successful East Coast imprint.
“We were cool with them at one point,” Mopreme said. “There was a point ‘Pac was considering going to Bad Boy before his relationship with Death Row. He wanted to be on a Black label. He wanted to be with his people. He wanted to be with the brothers. He supported Black business.
“There was a period where we were all cool. Over time, things happened and ‘Pac started seeing things. Biggie was on Puffy’s label so with them two, it was Puffy calling the shots. There was some legitimate problems there.”
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Mopreme also dished on 2Pac’s splintered friendship with former Thug Life member Big Stretch, who was with the late rapper the night he was shot multiple times in November 1994 at the Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan. Stretch was shot and killed a year later.
“Pac and Stretch were best friends,” he said. “Stretch was with him when he got shot at Quad. After that, Stretch went on tour with Biggie. So anybody familiar with our clique understood that that’s weird. If you were rolling with ‘Pac, you were rolling with ‘Pac. He’s kinda jealous like that.
“You down with me you down with the best. Considering ‘Pac was having issues with Biggie, it did not look right. Stretch was a big dude… But ‘Pac claimed that as soon as them n-ggas pulled out he dropped down. It was disturbing to hear that and think about [it] because the whole family loved Stretch.”
2Pac signed to Death Row Records when Suge Knight infamously visited him at Clinton Correctional Facility in New York and put up the money to bail him out of prison in late 1995.
While there are stories about ‘Pac supposedly signing his Death Row contract on a napkin or toilet paper, the late rapper’s childhood friend, David S Ash, who was there during the meeting, disputed this claim in a recent interview with The Independent.
“It was definitely on a legal pad,” he said, recalling the moment Knight and his lawyer interrupted one of the rare visits he was able to have with his friend. “They drafted everything up right there in front of me. 2Pac told Suge the things he needed: a car, a million dollars upfront, and a house for his mother. Then he looked the contract over and told Suge, ‘OK cool, let’s do this.’ And that’s the moment the Death Row deal was done.”
yes I take or jump the bullets … but isn’t there anything else to talk ,,,,about isn’t this resolved why kicking up dust??
Stretch all but admitted he was in on it himself. The Outlawz said he came to Pac with that last line on Makaveli, “Get your money right if you want to go to war with them.” It’s why Pac said it. Dexter Isaac has said he was giving them play by play that night of where he was and when he was going to be there too. Even with how he did Pac wrong, he came to his funeral to show respect.
And chances are they would’ve collaborated on songs as The Notorious 2Pac and Makaveli B.I.G. on Bad Boy Records. Hahahahaha
2pac and b.i.g. were friends then somehow it just all turned to shit since that time i can’t recall a more publicised dangerous rivalry in rap what am i missing here
I’ll take Mopreme’s word over those bum ass Outlawz. Those dudes were just crumbs on the table fr fr.
I second that… this is the truth… the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
So case …skull comment lol … it my skull… not yours …you don’t understand what I’m saying…but anyway … been dodging bullets for 2 years now so think what you like
Very interesting. And did you know The D.O.C. was considering using autotune one minute before his near-fatal car crash? Or did you know John Lenon on the day of his death was reportedly considering making a rap album before anybody else? Moreover Elvis Presley was considering making a song with 2Pac and Biggie. And last but not least Michael Jackson was considering transforming himself back to black while he was allegedly considering making a country album with Donald Trump.
Let’s take time to look at the positives that could of been if pac sign with bad boy pac would of still been the more successful between him and big how ever biggy may have never got as jealous as he did and got him shot up the first time nor would puff had any animosity to cause the hit on pac n big to take place
You believe Keefe D and Gene Deal. Damned
I never said that!!!!
But Keefe D and Gene Deal, the two most trusted sources to ever lived in hip-hop, said otherwise.