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  • Jadakiss says Big L should’ve received ‘his flowers’ while he was still alive

    Jadakiss says Big L should’ve received ‘his flowers’ while he was still alive

    Jadakiss speaks on Big L’s legacy

    Jadakiss isn’t happy that people recognized Big L’s legacy after he died. In a recent interview on Drink Champs, Jada explained that L was a prominent figure in the New York rap scene and that the world should’ve recognized his contribution before he was fatally shot in 1999.

    “Big L was the n**ga. I don’t like that they gave him his flowers when he was dead. They should’ve gave him when he was here. But I guess it was too much going on,” Jada said, before recalling a “furious” rap battle between Big L and Styles P in New York before they landed record deals.

    “Big L was already famous. Big L was one of the first young dudes to make it,” Jada added.

  • Fat Joe explains how Big L ruined his relationship with Mase

    Fat Joe explains how Big L ruined his relationship with Mase

    Fat Joe remembers Big L involving him in a disagreement with Mase

    Fat Joe recently sat for an interview with Mike Tyson’s Hotboxin’ podcast where he recalled an incident at New York venue The Tunnel that saw the late Big L hurt his friendship with Mase.

    “One time I got set up. Rest in peace Big L, [he] comes up to me in The Tunnel and he’s like ‘Yo, Crack, come bring your n-ggas, I got some beef,” Joe recounted. “So we come — Big L’s our brother, you know Diggin’ in the Crates — and when I come up, it’s fucking Ma$e. He’s arguing with Ma$e, they from the same block!

    “I’m like, ‘I was hanging out with Ma$e the night before at Puffy’s studio!’ Ma$e was looking at me like I was the greatest snake ever lived. He’s like, ‘For real?’ I’m sitting there and, you know, L is my crew so L was like, ‘We will fuck you up right now, we don’t give a fuck, it’s whatever.”

    Joe went on to remember L asking him, “Right, Joe?” Before Joe nodded his head. “I don’t think Ma$e ever trusted me again in my life after that,” he added. “That shit was foul, man.”

  • Big L was born on May 30

    Big L was born on May 30

    When was Big L born? Big L was born on May 30.

    Harlem Rapper Big L was born Lamont Coleman in 1974. He was a member of DITC with Lord Finesse and Fat Joe. His debut Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous dropped in 1995 on Columbia. His record “Ebonics” put him on the map as one of the ’90s fastest rising rappers until he was tragically shot 9 times in 1999 in his native Harlem.

    His legacy as a freestyle rapper and lyricist in The Source and other rap media has lived on. He performed at the Apollo and was loved in the underground rap scene.  Big L was in the process of signing with Jay-Z and Roc-a-fella just days before he was gunned down. He was a prolific storyteller.

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