Although Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan has apologized for his disastrous performance at VH1 Hip Hop Honors, he has now passed the blame to the teleprompter.
During an interview with V103, Rich Homie Quan explained that he informed those putting on the show that he didn’t know all the words to Biggie’s verse on “Get Money.” He then revealed that a teleprompter was put in place, but when showtime came, the words were not there.
“Yeah, we rehearsed…I knew it by heart. But then my words–I told them I didn’t know all the words. So, the words were supposed to be on the teleprompter and they weren’t there,” Rich Homie Quan said.
When the popularity of Biggie and Lil Kim’s 1995 record was brought up during the interview, Quan clarified that he was brought up on the music of Southern wordsmiths like Kilo Ali, OutKast, and T.I.
“Being from Atlanta, I grew up on the Kilo Alis, the OutKasts, the T.I.s. The only song I know by Biggie is ‘Juicy,'” he said.
Following the backlash from his performance at VH1 Hip Hop Honors, Rich Homie Quan issued a lengthy apology via Instagram.
“I assure you that I never intended to disrespect Biggie Smalls,” Rich Homie Quan wrote in his apology. “I have long respected his work and his contribution to the rap game. I greatly apologize not only to Biggie Smalls, but also to all of my fans and to New York. The city of New York has been nothing but good to me.”
Audio of Rich Homie Quan speaking on what exactly went down during his “Get Money” performance, can be found below.
Wow this nigga a lying Foil. U just said yall rehearsed,then u said u had the lyrics memorized,then u said u told them u didnt know all the words smfh!!! How do you forget one of the Goats most memorable lines?? RHQ u mean u couldnt get lil Kim 2 help u remember the lyrics or google them?
Dude is digging himself into a deeper hole, he gotta disappear until this whole shit blows over.
Kilo Ali? Kilo Ali? Out of everyone he “grew up on” he names Kilo Ali.
“Yeah, we rehearsed…I knew it by heart. But then my words–I told them I didn’t know all the words.”
That’s the contradictory statement of the year. Add a wack Tim Westwood freestyle and Quan is undeniably the L holder this year.
Don’t nobody know Biggie word for word but NY ni**as . Nobody listening to Biggie FOH . Put some Pac on the world knows . Biggie never moved out his MOMS crib . Nobody respects that but New York lames .
Shut the fuck up you troll
“Nobody listening to Biggie” but his albums are multi-platinum and he has several hits under his belt. And he’s a worldwide icon, just like Pac. Change your username, homie.
Disrespectful little SH!T. I bet you know every word to Young Thug, Frank Ocean, Big Freeda, and all the other hip-hop fairies, don’t you??? I shouldn’t even be mad at you……you just damned your soul to Hell anyway.
Any true hip hop fan would NEVER need a teleprompter to sing a Biggie song. Every word of every song should be embedded in your brain. Shame on this POS. Embarrassment to the whole genre
This man Quan is an ass muncher. He likes to munch on man ass all day every day
I hate when people act like based on where they’re from they cannot enjoy other regions of music, like nigguh its BIG, there’s people in other countries that know his entire LPs, got damn lmfao, i bet I know ATLiens more than him tho & everybody from Organized Noize, & I’m from NYC, idgaf where you from, music is music, JUST ENJOY THIS SHIT…life
so, now he only knows juicy? if he didn’t know any big tracks, then he shouldn’t have agreed to perform the verse. that’s all his fault for saying yes in the first place, and now he looks like a fool for fucking up on stage. teleprompter my ass. it’s still his brain that experienced technical difficulties.
Thats why this CLOWN should have never been on the stage doing biggie shit.. who idea was that.. that nigga should be fired.
everybody looking down on rhq…I admit he is a lame and all but with all actuality there are plenty ppl in the south who really could care less about Big…I knew Bigs flow only cuz Pac was always dissing him so that kinda made me.curious to what big was about…But why would we listen to Big when we had Scarface, Bun B, or Outkast? The East wasn’t fuckin w the South there for we wasn’t fuckin w them..We always fucked w the Bay Area.cuz E40, 2Short etc showed love to the south and they was some hustlers unlike east coast artist who were record label slaves. And Pac was the realist…Biggie never showed love to the south we could care less bout Big
“Not from Houston but I Rap-a-Lot” from Flava In Ya Ear (Remix). Gave a shout out to Geto Boys in “One More Chance”. Appeared on Uncle Luke’s album. BIG showed plenty of love to the South.
See THAT right there is whi hip hop is where its at. No respect fir the culture. And ima jus leave it at tht!!!
My problem with the situation is, he never knew the verse in the first place to say he forgot it. Outside of that to say you rehearsed it during sound check, and k it by heart, either you stupid or enjoy drugs way too much. Being from the south is absolutely no excuse for this bullshit. To say the only song you know is Juicy, why agree to do something you don’t know. Another idea would be to LEARN the fucking verse. I guarantee Coldplay or Imagine Dragons would not set foot on a stage to pay homage for any predecessors and not know the words. This shit is terrible for the culture
“Being from Atlanta, I grew up on the Kilo Alis, the OutKasts, the T.I.s. The only song I know by Biggie is ‘Juicy,’” he said. – So that is all fair and square but why did they pick him then??? THAT’s disrespectful to Biggie…