Biggie Smalls Interview (Blog Post #3)

Biggie Smalls interview with Mellish Magazine

Q- Hey Biggie, thanks for being here today with Mellish Magazine.

Biggie- That’s okay man, it’s a pleasure for me to be here you know

Q-So tell me, what has been your impact on rap with your last couple songs, or what message have you really wanted to put out there

Biggie-  You know I remember when I was back in the struggle, I really just feel for the guys out there with talent and no hope, I’m here to be there hope you know what I’m say. It’s never easy to be struggling for money and only thinking there is one way out, dealing. I went to jail for a while, I mean I got all my raps written and It was a wakeup call, but it wasn’t needed. I’ll be on the outside for the rest of my life now. I guess you could say that my music can save lives and that is the kind of approach I want my listeners to have, let me inspire you.

Q-How old were you when you started dealing? And do you have any regrets in that kind of work?

Biggie- I was 12 when I started, I would get the drugs and deal them to the older kids in my high school, if there was one thing in my whole life that I could take back it would be the age I started dealing, and never realizing that it was going to destroy me and lock me up. I dropped out of high school and thought I could make a living from dealing the stuff, i got locked up though. I was 17 when I went to jail the first time, I got all my stuff written, all my raps and all of my good stuff. I sat in my cell writing every day, I knew what I wanted to do as soon as I got out and it was writing and getting money from something safe.

Q- Now between the east and west coast conflict? What are you trying to do with it?

Biggie- You know what, west coast has always been on top, and east coast is my home town, it’s what I am representing. I have bought both sides of American rap equal, and if not that then I have bought the east coast on top.

Q- And about tupac?

Biggie- Me and Tupac were friends, we may not be now what we were before but I’m telling you there is no bad blood and there is no love lost between the two of us. He is West coast and I am east, he represents the opposite side that I do, that is all it is, strictly business you know?

Q- And Faith?

Biggie- You know she is the love of my life and she means everything to me, but that is not something im going to talk about and have my words stirred up and changed like they always are, that’s it from me I would like to thank you for having me today but im out.