New York City emcee Chris Rivers has found himself following in the footsteps of his father Big Pun musically, but Rivers revealed that he hopes to disassociate himself from his father’s dark history as much as possible and even dropped the Baby Pun nickname for his current stage name, Chris Rivers.
Rivers spoke in-depth about his father during an interview on HOT 97’s Real Late With Peter Rosenberg and further addressed forming his own identity as an artist while also touching on the willingness to be a better man than his father.
“I had the name Baby Pun when I was younger and as I started to become my own artist. It’s like now I’m really doing it heavy, I [figured out I] wanted my own identity,” Rivers explained. “And it’s different cause like I get proud when people tell me I’m like my father, but his good side. Cause he had two sides. There’s one side that nobody really knew. So, I get proud when people tell me that, but when people call me Baby Pun I don’t really want it cause it’s like I don’t wanna be like my father at all. I wanna be a better man than him or take all his good qualities and amplify it. I don’t wanna be that man and I’m not that man.”
Prior to addressing the name change, Rivers was questioned on how he felt whenever stories of Big Pun’s grim history were brought up. He explained that the stories are never “a shocker” since he witnessed most everything first hand.
“In retrospect really, I was there through it,” said Rivers. “So, it’s not like hearing it was a shocker…My sisters remember more because they were older, but I remember everything—that I was there for. It was a lot of stuff, but like my sisters have a hard time forgiving. But it’s really just a forgiving factor. I didn’t fully understand it or why he did it. And that’s probably why I’m so biased with the Baby Pun thing.”
Chris Rivers’ appearance on Real Late With Peter Rosenberg shortly followed the June 3 release of his Wonderland Of Misery mixtape.
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Bashing your deceased father.. sure, to your Mom.. Wife, Brother, Sister.. but in public? This talent less clown won’t go any where…
lol @ the you tube pic… looks like Deron Williams…
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Big Pun pistol whipped, abused and cheated on his mother…What do you expect?
yeah, hes not bashing him. he’s pretty fuckin fair. everyone has two sides and he can be big enough to acknowledge that while still having respect
“gave my wife some pictures of me and bitches runnin the train”
If your pops beat the living shit out of your mom, made a ton of money but didn’t setup any sort of financial fund for you knowing that he was at risk of death because he didn’t bother to take care of himself, you’d probably have some ill feelings toward him too.
BIG PUN WAS THE BEST –
In your wet dreams maybe, but not on this world.
In a pie eating contest.
He looks a lot blacker than his father did
His mom is black what do you expect?
His mom isn’t black. She’s puerto rican.
mix tape is dope for a 19yr old, has potential and a good vibe. He is smart to stay away from the ignorance and his dads image, but has his flow
bonus track: Chris Rivers – We The Seeds (ft. Hood Surgeon & Lil Eazy-E)
ja rule be on da bonus track bitch nugga
wow thats real. this what its about.
The kid actually made some sense.
this kid is cool man.
his father is a legend.
the kid has a lot of potential.
honestly i listened to his tape. a lot of the production falls flat, as do the songs, but he shows a ton of potential and he can really spit some shit. definitely not looking to cap off his father for a fast buck.
and i actually really like the name baby pun. it’s dope and i don’t mind being reminded of the punisher when i listen to rap. keep the baby pun name my dude. thats crazy man, i still rememebr when pun died now im wathcing his son spit on youtube.
TIME……..
I applaud him for not using Baby Pun. He’s not trying to capitalize off of peoples nostalgia for Big Pun. Plus, after watching that interview, it doesn’t seem like he’s too proud of who Pun the father (not the rapper) was.
Pun was a legend, lyrically, but a man who pistol whips his wife and punches his 6 year old in the face is a piece of shit.
when did that big grizzly bear-lookin fat ass punch his 6 year old kid in the face? lol damn
The only thing legendary about Big Pun was his waistline.
Really, see the song lyrical catastrophe and big pun’s song super lyrical and you see the truth.
He is not bashing his father. I can see why this guy didn’t want to associate with his fathers bad side. Pun had a dark side and had some demons that he could not shake. That is the reason Pun ate so much, people don’t realize that Pun use to be a very strong and fit individual however he ate himself to the fat state. Pun had many evil demons and took it out on his wife, so now his son wanted to leave the evil demons in the past.
Let’s Hope Chris Rivers and ry so valid aka ryan cartagena do not end up like their fathers.
so this is the product of running trains for three days?
LMAO
JA RULE X HARRY FARUD
this kid even sounds like that fat ass.
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Chris Rivers is finna blow man. Im so excited. Peter rosenberg came off abit insensitive in the interview. the kids only 19, i think the interview was abit mean. fuck rosenberg, chris rivers got that heat
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Kid is a legend.. honest and true..
Good luck to this Man.
What a bitch.
Chris River sounds like a very articulate young man. I wish him the best. As the son of a legend it must be very hard to be expected to fill his shoes. Chris Rivers seems like he wants to make it in the industries on his own rather than the steam of his late father. Big Pun, pann, RIP.
Yes everyone has demons and I think chris rivers is gonna be a lot more successful than his father.he is not trying to live in his father’s shadow he is trying to make it on his own.I give him a lot of props for that he is a problem watch out he’s nice.