![]() ![]() He used to call me by my real name Keith Carter. Like, he was a comedian! He never really called me Kap. Big used to have this rhyme he used to say all the time, like, "Yo, Supreme Bigga Figga, ta da da, something something." And I was like, Yo, that's hot! And he was like "Yo, you can have that." Big was a funny, funny character. They call me the Supreme Bigga Figga Big Kap. He was a big framed guy, and I guess he was a little self-conscious about it.ĭJ BIG KAP (Biggie's earliest tour DJ): Me and Big, we developed a good friendship. MATTY C: I'm not proud of the writing in Big's Unsigned Hype column and, to be honest, he was a little offended at a line that I wrote. Breaking down songs, he knew what he wanted, how he wanted it. That's where it went down after the money was made. After we finished making money, we'd go get beer, weed, some movies and just get in the basement and make tapes for the rest of the day and night. I went to the basement at my crib, we made about four demos and it went from there. Because I knew a lot of people, he asked me to be Big's DJ. Me and my man D-Roc, we used to hustle together. His look was dark, but his personality was colorful.ĭJ 50 GRAND (Biggie's neighborhood friend and first DJ): I was the neighborhood DJ. I wasn't thinking like, "He can do this." I wish I could say that, but I was just thinking about his size. It was like if I went to go pick up my kids from school and there was this big, huge dude sitting in class. I didn't have a feel for him professionally. I remember saying to myself, "What the fuck is this?" He had such a presence. I went into Puff's office and he had on these big army fatigues, a hoodie, some dark glasses. MARK PITTS (Biggie's co-manager): I met Big when he came to Uptown Records where Puff's office was. Rings filled with rocks… He took it crazy, he epitomized the whole Versace era. But he was a kind, fun guy, everything was jokey joke.ĪNDRE HARRELL (founder of Uptown Records): The level of flavor he was kicking? Black and ugly as ever…Coogi down to my socks. He was a funny guy, but you see this guy in his army fatigues, bandana on and the boots on, you expecting some intimidation. He came to the office with his army fatigues on, but he was almost 6'4", 6'5"? And, you know, 300 pounds. we saw each other less because he moved to Jersey.ĭAN SMALLS (former intern at Uptown Records): Me and Big, looking back at it, not knowing he was gonna be Big, it was interesting. He was dealing with a lot of bullshit that happens when you come from an environment where everybody is fucked up and now you're not. Once Big became a little more successful, he couldn't really be on the block like he used to. ![]() ![]() Making his first album, a lot of the tracks were beats that he heard at my house, producers that I was working with. His house was on the way to the train, so it was pretty much an everyday thing that we would bump heads. MATTY C (author of the Unsigned Hype column on Biggie in The Source): I bumped into Big and realized we lived two blocks away from each other. ![]()
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