Why Biggie Smalls as soon as threatened to kill DJ Clue

Through the Nineties, DJs resembling Funkmaster Flex, Child Capri and DJ Clue have been tastemakers in New York who, in addition to internet hosting radio exhibits, curated cassette tapes with all the newest and greatest hip-hop from town. Nevertheless, on one event, Clue (actual title Ernesto Shaw) landed himself in hassle with Biggie Smalls after making a giant mistake.

Throughout an look on Roc Nation’s The Mixtape: A Roundtable Dialogue alongside Harlem rapper Jim Jones, Ron C and DJ Vacation, Shaw recalled how he acquired right into a beef with Biggie Smalls (actual title Christopher Wallace) earlier than the discharge of ‘One More Chance’. 

Whereas working at HOT 97.0, Shaw defined how he acquired his palms on an unofficial copy of the ‘One More Chance (remix)’. Nevertheless, he by no means realised it was a demo and, as such, put the tune on one in every of his mixtapes. Sadly, Biggie wasn’t blissful about its launch, and DJ Clue defined that Biggie appeared on dwell radio to threaten him for by accident leaking the long-lasting observe.

Recalling the meat, Clue unveiled, “I got my hands on a Biggie record; it was a demo. I didn’t really know everyone at Bad Boy yet. I put it on a mixtape. Biggie got mad. He went on HOT 97.0 and said, ‘Yo Clue, when I find you, I’m gonna kill you’ or whatever he said — on live radio.”

Clue continued, “You wanna know what happened? I got on the phone and said, ‘Yo, we gotta do a diss record, come on!’ I was young, we was rolling around on a different type of time. I didn’t know who they were, and they didn’t know who I was.”

Shaw admitted that he acquired away with it as a result of, at the moment, people at Bad Boy Entertainment didn’t know what he seemed like, divulging, “I remember one time when that beef was kinda on, we were in Virginia Beach. I went to the store and walked in by myself, and all I see is the whole Bad Boy street team. They got the picket signs, but they don’t know what I look like.”

Though he acquired a rush from the meat, Shaw knew it wasn’t sustainable and finally squashed the meat. Clue recalled ending the feud with the assistance of Diddy, who claimed the leak really helped Biggie’s profession. “We met up, we talked it out. I think Puff realised having the vehicle and seeing the impact of what the song did on my mixtape. I feel like he felt like the relationship was more important than taking it to the wrong place.”