2Pac unleashed “Hit Em Up” featuring the Outlawz in June 1996, one of Hip Hop’s most infamous diss tracks. Aimed primarily at The Notorious B.I.G., Diddy and Bad Boy Records, the song made it clear just how much disdain ‘Pac had for his rivals at the time.
In a new interview with The Art of Dialogue, former Murder Inc. artist and Biggie’s ex-girlfriend Charli Baltimore recalls being present the first time Big heard the vicious track.
“It was somebody’s video shoot,” she says. “I don’t remember whose. Puff was there, and I just remember Puff coming out. I think we pulled up, Puff came out. He was like real somber looking and he was like, ‘Yo! I gotta play you this record.’ And that’s the first time we heard ‘Hit ‘Em Up.’
“The whole mood just changed. A video shoot is supposed to be upbeat, happy, whatever and Big is like, ‘Are you fucking serious right now? Serious? This is what we’re doing right now?’ It was just shock. It was just crazy.”
But as Baltimore points out, 2Pac believed the 1994 Biggie song “Who Shot Ya?” was meant for him when in reality, it’d been written before ‘Pac was shot at Quad Studios. Baltimore says Biggie was ultimately “hurt” by the song and couldn’t understand where all the anomosity was coming from, especially since they were once friends.
“You got this dude just riding on you and riding on you and you not knowing what’s what,” she continues. “If I’m not mistaken, Pac mistakenly thought that ‘Who Shot Ya?’ was directed at him when ‘Who Shot Ya?’ was actually written before ‘Pac had even gotten shot. ‘Who Shot Ya? is not about ‘Pac.
“It was written before ‘Pac got shot but of course, people are going to hear that and say, ‘OK, yeah that n-gga Big is going at this n-gga now and it’s going to be back and forth.’ But in all actuality, that record was already written. When you listen to it, with all that was going on, it does sound like, ‘Yeah n-gga, I’m on your ass,’ and it wasn’t like that.”
On November 30, 1994, Jimmy Henchman reportedly offered 2Pac $7,000 to stop by Quad Studios to record a verse for his client Little Shawn. But once he arrived in the lobby, three men robbed and beat him at gunpoint. Although 2Pac tried to fight off his attackers, he was shot. “Who Shot Ya” was released in February 1995, roughly two months after the shooting.
In an interview with Vibe that same year, 2Pac was certain he’d been set up by Biggie, Diddy and Henchman. But Baltimore maintains Biggie had nothing to do with the timing of the record.
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Charli Baltimore did admit the release date for “Who Shot Ya?” wasn’t ideal but partially understood why it came out when it did.
“Big didn’t have anything to do with when records got released,” she says. “He’s on a label. If Puff made that decision to put that record out or whatever, the timing was what it was. Big had already written the record.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Baltimore was asked if Biggie really thought 2Pac had slept with his wife Faith Evans as he claimed on “Hit ‘Em Up,” to which she replied, “He believed it. In the beginning, he believed it. I don’t know as time went on, he believed it, but in the beginning, yeah, he believed it.”
Baltimore signed with Irv Gotti and Murder Inc. in 2002, appearing on the Ja Rule tracks “Down Ass Bitch” and “The Last Temptation,” Christina Milian’s “Spending Time” and Ashanti’s “Rain on Me” (remix). She also appeared in Biggie and Lil Kim (Junior M.A.F.I.A.) video for 1995’s “Get Money.”
“Bitch!! STFU!!!, GTFOH!!!!”
She had Puffy, Biggie then Murda Inc behind her (litrally) and still failed, now she gotta go digging up the past.
Well, she is a skeleton so …….
Underrated comment.
She looked fine af in red hair in that ja rule video, js lol
Ewww, but by that time she’d had more dicks in her that a NYC Detective Agency. You’re sick.
Idk her life story, just saying she looked fine lol calm down
Word she looked bad as a mug! Always wanted to taste that pus
if i were b.i.g. i think i wouldn’t have taken so much offence. play it in my car everywhere i go. they hated each other as i understand it because they were on opposite sides of the country. all the homeys who died on the street gang banging over that music diddy was a survivor.
While Diddy was in the backroom, gangbanging dudes.
Diddy is trash IMO. I guess you can look at his song “I’ll be missing you” as a tribute, but I see it as a way of clearing his conscience, at best, and money grab at worst. I read that Biggie didn’t even like having Puffy in the studio during the final sessions for Life After Death. Biggie would have left. And Pac had mentioned doing a song with BIG cause he hated the way the media was making money off the beef. We will never know whether that would have materialized but the beef would have cooled down eventually. Fuck Puffy and fuck Suge for doing what they did to those two young men. As Pac said…not an exact quote but you can hear it on the Ed Gordan Interview: If everyone was so worried about me then how come no one came to help me?
pretty tired of these people making biggie to be this kind, gentle, and innocent man. he was a fucking street dude. even if I Shot Ya wasn’t meant for Pac (I think it was); he and Puff made the decision to release it for the sake of controversy and sales. and wasn’t it Biggie to called the radio station saying why is Dogg Pound doing a video in NY? leading the trailer being shot up? Hate this revisionism
Yep.
Father Time has not been kind to her. Should’ve just done a radio interview. Charli Baltimore looking more like a Latoya Cleveland right now.
Biggie set up pac, who shot ya was about pac, Who shot ya was tastelessly released, pac fucked bigs wife and wrote the most viscous diss record of all X. Then pac got hit and so did big. We need to start loving each other more.
Bitch looked like she died last week!! ??
Bitch look like she died last week!! ??
Bitch lool like she died last week!!! LOL!!!
Looking like “The Black Skeletor”.
In other news: NWA disbands.
Stop coming for and putting down women for no reason. Anyone taking about how this woman looks, is insecure about how they look, period. Her looks have absolutely nothing to do with the Biggie or Pac. And maybe she didn’t have a lasting and lucrative career as a rapper, but what does your resume look like compared to hers? Ppl be so mean nowadays and for what?!
Must Be Ugly Yourself, I’m Sorry. My Condolences For Your Face.
What the hell you talking bout, b****.. I’m handsome AF. Just cuz her rap career tanked twice don’t mean she had to let her face and body become a tragedy, still have to have pride in yourself. Mary J Blige, Monica, and Mya still are fine because they took pride and still took care of themselves. What’s her excuse?
B****? I’m estatic to see that you have such an extensive vocabulary and know how to express yourself so eloquently. Before you come for an educated, articulated, and black woman like me, have your self together, “Mr. Handsome AF”! My disposed toe nail clippings have more character than you’ll ever have.
Philly babyyy!! Charlie Baltimore can out rap all yalll on here and damn near all the chicks out there!!!! I really love how everyone is soooo intimidated by anyone from Philly. Stop that hating envious shit. Philly is and been the shit. with yall lil corny cities lol
Mentally Handicapped, Baby!!!
SHE LOOK GOOD BRO YALL HATING ON ANYTHING PHILLY. HER DAUGHTERS BRO???? DIMES IN REAL REAL LIFE.AND IN PERSON CHARLIE LOOKS GOOD. YOU FUCKING CORNY CITY HATERS.
Yo, you’re just the screaming retard typing in all caps. WTF is wrong with you? She’s old as hell for starters, she definitely doesn’t look as good as she used to (could’ve took care of herself better at least),Lastly yuck what are you? R Kelly? Were you watching her daughter growing from the age of 12 and up. What happened, did you lose interest in them once they got older than 16 but still stare at their teen pictures. SMH.
All of you cats talking about her looks seem to forget that you young crackheaded MF’s who are all pill popped and smoked out right now at 17, 18, 20 are the ones who look like you’re doing dry runs for death right now. Imagine how fucked you’re really going to look in 10 more years. Let that Lady live.
First of all, STFU f*****… secondly, you’re the only one thinking about drugs in the first place probably because that’s the only way anyone will sleep with you (including men) ,and lastly all she ever been about had been gossip because she waited until all this time to bring up this story that we pretty much heard 1000 times from everyone else but because she’s low in dough, we’re supposed to listen to her side of the story now. GTFOH. She’s just doing this for clout and money so she’s fair game for anything that comes her way afterwards.
PAC was a trouble maker, I think. Some people tell the story so good from Pac’s side because of their love for him and not his attitude. But I think he was a bit evil minded.
Nah Big was just being slick, like publicly saying Pac was his brother and he didn’t want a war, but sneak dissing him after he died on Life After Death. Truly gutless.
And Diddy was the “Poking Prevoker”