Shyheim was in attendance at Madison Square Garden when Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur recorded their classic freestyle. In an interview with Gasface, the Brooklyn, New York rapper recalls hitting the road with Big Daddy Kane and how he ended up in attendance at the MSG show.
“My godfather – shout out to Big Daddy Kane – at the time, Kane had a tour going on and he would bring me, Biggie, Tupac – a bunch of artists, New York artist. ‘Cause he was going big stadiums at the time so he would let us come and do our thing,” he said. “That night, we was at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mister Cee, he used to always record every show. So shout out to Mister Cee for recording that great moment in hip-hop.”
He says that the freestyle came naturally to the fallen MCs. “They say that’s the greatest freestyle ever. It was really just having fun. Just out there having fun, having a good time,” he continued. “We always had ciphers and rapped with each other, so it was very natural. Rest in peace to Tupac, rest in peace to Biggie.”
Shyheim also recalled staring out into the crowd during the show. “Yeah, it was 50,000 people. Can you imagine? I was a kid. I was like, oh shit. They was like yeah! It was beautiful.”
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Shyheim could’ve been big.One of the biggest.Too bad he wasn’t properly managed.
so true..damn shame, he still got it at least..come out w/ something Sha!
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Get goosebumps just hearing the flow from pac & big.. too ill
Yeah……..and too bad what he spit on the video was WACK!!!
he was a kid when he spit that freestyle you dumbass
50,000 people? HA! First of all 50,000 people did not show up to see Big Daddy Kane – AND – The Garden only holds 18,000
smh @ 12 year-old niggas who think hip-hop was invented yesterday, and Kane wasn’t big in his time. This cat did a photo spread with Madonna for her book, “Sex” back in the early 90’s. Anytime you’re on Madonna’s level, you’re big. Kane just got fat and lazy. At his peak, he was one of the bigger names in music. But I guess VH1 didn’t tell you that, so you wouldn’t know…
kane was jay z before jay z…hip hop is living proof that history repeats its self..kane style and aura is very similar to the way jay z does his thing now…the way rakim layed it down and his whole aura is very similar to the way many people view nas
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The nigga is not from Brooklyn you dumbass HipHopDX writers, he’s from Staten Island
does anybody know if there is legitamate video of the infamous night at madison square garden ive been looking for fucken ages?
Yeah it’s out there, I’ve seen it before. It’s rare though. It’s very gritty too.
Big dope and 2pac decent
Lol.
is shyheim still cool with the wu
nope the wu didnt look after this kid properly the wu was focused on the wu
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