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Originally Posted by adultinnovation
Ya and that's when diddy made a name for himself in the 90's... hanging around with Biggie.
I grew up in the 90's.. Diddy was just Biggies lacky back than... his side man.. Diddy was there showing up in Biggies hits with one liners and cameos. No one gave a shit about Diddy back than. Biggie was the star of the show.
Biggie made Diddy who he is today.
Here's another example of Diddy standing on the shoulders of real talent while offering nothing more than some shitty ass one liner. Diddy is a fucking Vulture.
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Originally Posted by Acepimp
Accurate. I never even heard of puff daddy until '98. Biggie's music is iconic.
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First things first, fuck Diddy. I hope he dies in prison.
That said, it sounds like you only know him as a rapper. And while Biggie's death definitely gave his rap career it's initial boost, Diddy was already an A&R exec for an influential hip hop and R&B label when he signed Biggie.
Before he was fired from that label, he had help launch Craig Mack and Mary J Blige's careers. He then started his own label and launched many more careers including Biggie's. Diddy's first single came two years after Biggie's "Ready to Die" was released.
That MC Lyte & Missy track you say he offered nothing more than a shitty ass one line? He produced that track. Without his production, that track probably doesn't go platinum. Biggie's "lacky" helped produce Juicy and directed the music video. The chorus is sung by Total, and guess who gave them their start... The same "side man" who produced Hypnotize (who's chorus was sung by a member of Total).
You say you didn't hear of him until 98 (which would be surprising since he had already hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 twice by then)? You wouldn't have heard of Biggie, Mase, Total, 112 or Faith Evans before then if it wasn't for him. Biggie's lyrics are iconic. But Biggie's music? Some of it was produced by Diddy. Without Diddy, we may never have heard of Biggie.
Again, fuck Diddy. Fuck him hard. But at least recognize that he did more than drop a few one liners.