
Fat Joe talks about giving Biggie Smalls his first gig in his “Tales From the Darkside” DVD series. The Bronx native goes in and talk about his promoting days and how he met Biggie and Diddy for the first time and gave Big his first show in the Bronx.
“I used to promote parties…So on the side, I would use my celebrity and throw parties and bring rappers like KRS-One [to the stage]…I knew Biggie from the Lyricists Lounge. One day, Biggie walked up in there with Puff Daddy – Puff Daddy has the see through chain on, and I’m handing out ‘Flow Joe’ vinyl. And he walks up in this sh*t, and the n*gga Puff starts talking crazy and shit, like ‘Yo, I got my n*gga Biggie Smalls, we’ll battle anybody in this b*tch!’”
“This n*gga Biggie goes in. He might have battled five or ten n*ggas, and ate them n*ggas…n*ggas were scared to touch the mic…this is just before that ‘Party ‘N’ Bullsh*t’. I stepped to Biggie like…’I throw parties Uptown…how much you want for a show?’ He wanted a couple of hundred dollars and a bottle of Moet. So I actually gave him his first professional show. Go check, see if I’m lying.”
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