An inmate by the name of Dexter Isaac came forward and confessed his involvement in the shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur back in November 1994. Isaac claimed that he was paid $2,500 dollars by his former friend, James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond inside New York City’s Quad Studios:
In 1994, James Rosemond hired me to rob 2Pac Shakur at the Quad Studio. He gave me $2,500, plus all the jewelry I took, except for one ring, which he wanted for himself. It was the biggest of the two diamond rings that we took. He said he wanted to put the stone in new setting for his girlfriend at the time.
Now I’m not going to talk about my friend Biggie’s death or 2Pac’s death, but I would like to give their mothers some closure. It’s about time that some one did, and I will do so at a different time. Jimmy, you and Puffy like to come off all innocent-like, but as the saying goes: You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time…
March 9, 2011 marks the 14th Anniversary of the death of rapper Christopher “the Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace. In remembrance of this dope story teller, the Concrete Loop contributors are posting our favorite Biggie tracks and why we like them. Keep reading…
ANGEL’S FAVORITE BIGGIE SONG IS
“ONE MORE CHANCE (STAY WITH ME REMIX)”
This is one of the first Biggie songs I ever heard. Growing up all we could listen to was gospel and I stole one of my brother’s rap mixtapes (but they were cassette tapes back then) and this song was on it. I was about 10 at the time and wanted to hear more from the dude that “flowed over the song so nicely” (as I put it back then). This song never gets old, the video was classic and it’s always on my chill or BBQ playlists.
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FELICIA’S FAVORITE BIGGIE SONG IS
“UNBELIEVABLE”
♫ Notorious B.I.G. – “Unbelievable”
Juicy would be an obvious answer for the nostalgia alone but the one B.I.G track I could and do listen to every single day would have to be Unbelievable. Its storytelling and word play at its very finest and is the quintessential street anthem that was felt from Brooklyn and beyond. You can feel Biggie’s music, it goes beyond just being a song – its a memory. Its skipping class with my best friend to listen to Ready To Die in his walkman to now over 10 years later listening to it on deadline day to get me motivated to work. Its Brooklyn and its Biggie.
In 1994, James Rosemond hired me to rob 2Pac Shakur at the Quad Studio. He gave me $2,500, plus all the jewelry I took, except for one ring, which he wanted for himself. It was the biggest of the two diamond rings that we took. He said he wanted to put the stone in new setting for his girlfriend at the time.
