It’s been revealed Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls almost left New York behind for Atlanta.
The news came from the horse’s mouth during a Twitter Spaces conversation involving Jay-Z, who made the revelation while celebrating Biggie’s 50th birthday. Atlanta was yet to become the cultural epicentre it is today, but Biggie knew something special was brewing.
Jay explained: “You know Big in like 96, I wanna say, 96, 95, was talking about ‘Yo let’s go to Atlanta get two big houses next to each other,’ and I’m looking like Atlanta? I’m like, ‘We’re the hottest guys in New York City, like in the world, in the mecca. Why are we going to Atlanta?’”
He added, “If you think about Atlanta and how it is today and how influential Atlanta is, you just see how much of a visionary this guy was, and he was doing Brooklyn Mint clothing line back then, so all the things he was talking about was way ahead of his time.”
Meanwhile, in the same Twitter Spaces, Diddy recalled how his first experience of taking ecstasy was alongside Biggie while shooting the video for ‘Hypnotize’.
“Ah man, the video was fun,” Diddy reflected. “That was like the first time we both tried ecstasy. I mean, it was an experience, you know what I’m saying? Ayo, Biggie’s 50. Check this out, we have nothing to hide.
“That was a long time ago… it was the first time. It was just a little nibble, it was all right. It was a little nibble. But we was in extra high, high spirits. Yeah, this breaking news and shit. Fuck it. On his 50th birthday, I wanna let y’all know that.”
