Diddy has paid tribute to the legendary Notorious B.I.G. on what serves as the 26th anniversary since the Brooklyn rapper was tragically gunned down in Los Angeles.
The Bad Boy mogul championed Biggie as the “greatest of all-time” in a tweet on Thursday (March 9) accompanied by a rare interview from the “Hypnotize” rhymer.
“There will NEVER be another,” Diddy wrote. “The GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME. Today we celebrate and honor you king. Love and miss you!”
The clip finds Biggie saluting individuality and those daring enough to blaze their own path rather than follow along with the crowd of what’s trending.
“Don’t be a fool and sit back and do it because somebody else is doing it,” he proclaimed. “Because only thing you gon’ do is follow in somebody else’s footsteps and you gon’ be a shadow. Who wants to be a shadow for the rest of they life? You know what I’m saying.
“If you got a lil’ something that you know how to do, progress that and keep trying. God knows what could happen, you know what I’m saying? That’s what I did. I kept on rapping and it happened to get to the right ears.”
The rapper born Christopher Wallace was in Los Angeles to promote his sophomore album Life After Death on March 9, 1997 when he was gunned down at the age of 24. The Brooklyn MC, who was signed to Diddy’s Bad Boy Records at the time, was shot four times in a drive-by shooting.
Biggie released just one album while he was alive, his 1994 debut Ready To Die. The project spawned several Hip Hop classics, including. “Juicy,” “Big Poppa” and the DJ Premier-produced “Unbelievable.”
Life After Death arrived just 16 days after his murder, lending the entire project an ominous vibe. Not to mention the fact it picks up where “Suicidal Thoughts” left off on the first album. Guest contributors included 112, JAY-Z, Lil’ Kim, Ma$e, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Too $hort, D.M.C. of Run-D.M.C., R. Kelly, The LOX and Diddy.
At the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, the project was nominated for Best Rap Album, while “Hypnotize” was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance and “Mo Money Mo Problems” earned a nod for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
Additional posthumous releases include Born Again (1999), Duets: The Final Chapter (2005) and The King & I with his widow Faith Evans (2017). Biggie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November 2020, while numerous documentaries have been made about his life.
no way out p. Diddy but no second no way out he has gone randb. B.i.g. Immortalised in history with his music
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Fuck biggie! PAC bodied the whole lot of ya’ll on one song. Ended careers with hit ‘em up!
He rightly got x out for running his mouf
Fuck Diddy, he’s the reason that both Pac and Biggie are dead. The greedy butt pirate only cares about money, boosting his ego, and bending over any man that he comes in contact with.
Gene deal you are a lying piece of nothing. People that killed those two, karma already caught up with them. They are dead, their children all coked up, or in prison. Karma don’t leave is a btich and it has already dealt with who deserves it.
STFU. What are you? One of Diddy’s butt slaves. We all know that if it wasn’t for that Death Row chain bounty and Diddy forcing Biggie to go to that Vibe party, they’d both be alive. Gene Deal got nothing to do with this. But I guess when Diddy has you face down and assed up most the time then you really can’t see anything from the correct point of view.
Look in the mirror 🤣😂 🤣😂🤣🤣. Deal I disagree with you! You unfortunate bad news peddler. Diddy pee on Miami for eons yet you didn’t see that did u? He nail Gina hun, Dana Tee, and recently had a baby.
You poor that’s karma, your kids ain’t shit that karma….
Miami pegs Diddy’s gay ass for one thing. (Everyone knows he’s Bi) Second, he’s just pays them so he doesn’t look as gay as he actually is. And finally, karma for you would be catching @!D$ from all that Fluff Daddy dick that you’ve been taking lately.
Don’t bring coonery gutter “erbody know, y’all ready know” nonsense here. He pee’d on Miami. He cum inside Dana Tee, Kim, Misa Brim, and Sarah Chapman. Nailed Jlo, Gynah hung, Naomi Campbell, and obviously fool around with MaryJ Blige.
He has got good karma,lots of it too 🤣😂😹🤣
Respect forever to the legend biggie
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Diddy made that Nigga