In an effort to ease tensions, they shook hands and agreed to work together. Fifteen days before his death, Snoop Dogg of the West and Bad Boy founder and CEO Sean “Puffy” Combs of the East, guest-starred as themselves on popular sitcom The Steve Harvey Show. In his last interviews - with Sway Calloway and with BET Rap City host Joe Clair - Biggie is attempting to move past what was then an unavoidable cloud over hip-hop. And, two, to demonstrate that no matter how many records and magazines it sold, the perceived “East Coast-West Coast” rap civil war was overblown.
Shaq, speaking via phone, says the light warning was a reference to the rapper’s presence in Los Angeles only six months after the murder of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.īiggie was in California to promote his insanely anticipated sophomore album, Life After Death. “But sad at the same time.”ĭays before, Shaq had run into Biggie outside a tattoo parlor on Sunset Boulevard. “It was … a relief knowing where he was,” said Lucille. He ended up sleeping through the night, and missing everything.
Shaq’s long white coat and white top hat had already been picked out. The museum wasn’t too far from a Wilshire Boulevard penthouse he was staying in at the time. Shaq had been beyond ready to party with Biggie.
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A jovial, 7-foot, platinum-selling rapper, then a five-time NBA All-Star, gold medal winner, movie star, and the new face of the Los Angeles Lakers, Shaq’s presence and crossover appeal was second only to Michael Jordan’s. Her eldest son, Shaquille, was one of the most recognizable faces in America. Until the morning hours of March 9, 1997. Lucille O’Neal always knew where her child was.
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