Iconic industry mogul Jermaine Dupri dropped by the Drink Champs studio to give DJ EFN and N.O.R.E. some fantastic stories, including one memorable experience in the studio with The Notorious B.I.G when he pulled a gun on Lil Kim.
This particular session was for the Usher’s song “Just Like Me” featuring Kim off of his My Way album. According to Dupri, Biggie had written the verse in question for Kim, but when she reached the studio, she wasn’t in the head space to get the verse recorded.
“I think he [Biggie] had fucked Kim’s sister,” Dupri notes. “This is in the music, though.”
Dupri is likely referring to the bars in Biggie’s final verse for “Friend Of Mine” off of his debut where he raps, “She’s saying I dissed her ’cause I’m fucking her sister/ a message to the fellas, that really gets them pissed.”
https://youtu.be/9t8ZXeIbNgE?t=2m36s
According to Dupri, Kim was upset when she got to the studio and Biggie couldn’t get her to rap.
“Biggie pulled the strap on her,” he said.
“To get her to do the verse?” N.O.R.E. asked.
“No, to let her know he’d kill her,” Dupri replied.
Dupri didn’t describe what happened next, but the song was completed.
Biggie had a history of infidelity in his relationships. He cheated on his wife Faith Evans with Kim and rapper Charlie Baltimore. This story is definitely disturbing, but Kim has described being hit by Biggie in the past.
In a 2010 interview with Ed Lover on Power 105, she even described an incident where Biggie choked her until she passed out.
Throughout the over three-hour conversation, Dupri also revealed that his staff talked him out of signing Ludacris and how the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez helped him style Kriss Kross.
Watch the full interview above.
wow
The sh1t people say to try and stay relevant. The early 2000’s is over
Better hiphop than the crap 2day WORD
Biggie was a jerk.
Great so are we gonna run biggie’s name thru the mud now…that’s what we do right? Enjoy everything someone gives us, put them on a pedestal only to knock them down decades later when they can’t defend themselves. We’ve really become a piece of shit society
Well the movie did allude to him being abusive.
It’s been twenty years dude…the same thing happened to John Lennon too….we can’t paint a perfect picture of deceased musical icons without touching upon their fucked up actions….if they were imprisoned for something it’s a different story, but we let things slide because it’s not an official rap sheet…..that’s a lot of unreported incidents out there….
Yes this is a piece of shit society & your biggie contributed to that shit. Dont matter that hes dead he did what he did while he was alive & he did some fucked up shit
Slow Day Around the office
Who has seen the Behind the Music for Biggie where Puffy is interviewed and says something to the effect of “I want people to know that he wasn’t just the greatest rapper ever, he was also one of the greatest people ever”. Dude beat the shit out of women, he was a scumbag, and honestly he was not as special on the mic as people like to act, he gets a ton of extra props because of his premature death and the fact that he went several times platinum. If Busta Rhymes, Master P, or Ice Cube had died in the ’90s they would likely be considered legends on the same level as Biggie. This is not to say he didn’t have some classic songs and albums, but the way people act like he was even top 5 is an obvious case of extra points for an early death.
Thank you for your comments. I’ve been saying the same thing for years. Biggie was a piece of shit & waaaaay overrated!
LOL. you’re an idiot. Your post is horrible. Holy shit.
… and then Tuesday happened
Fat people generally get stressed out easily and have short tempers. Big Pun beat his wife to a pulp several times.
This interview…all 3 hours and 16 minutes was incredible. Riley for you to have the title be what it is. Is ridiculous!! So minute hip hop moments. Nore got something here.
Ha! Didn’t Biggie say he was all about positivity at one time. Might have been during the period dealing with the rumors that Pac slept with Faith, and how he questioned her and decided he couldn’t hate her and he was all about Peace? Y’all stay privvy to the past and not what’s present. Just saying.
These hoes need to be beat every now and then lol
Seem like this could have been the inception of the studio gangster