Thank you Ed Lover, I had a terrible childhood but as long as I had YO MTV raps everything was OK. This man is a Legend. Thank you a million times over
Do you know how crazy it is to talk to someone who saw Biggie & PAC’s come up and also experienced the whole vibe with them from the jump! Big up Ed Lover. Love from London, UK 🇬🇧
i'm a londoner. i saw tupac in the new york club with them brooklyn ones the night it all went left. biggie had the best flow. tupac the goat of all goats.
I'm from Philly and I can definitely remember when Pac died the East coast felt it . I remember everyone sad playing nothing but Pac in every hood you went through . He was well loved and no one was happy the day he died . It was a sad day . Rest in Peace Pac and Big you will forever be missed
I was 14 when Pac died and living in Maryland. I could've cared less. All I remember is that his mom decided to pulled the plug and he died. Life went on wasn't a big deal. Pac wasn't my relative or friend
@@Jason-lv4uu It still didn't matter. My thoughts never changed. Pac was fake. I knew it then. Nothing more to say. I loved Dear Mama, Keep Ya Head Up, I Get Around, Brenda's Got A baby but Pc wasn't nothing special just false advertisement
I saw Ed Lover on a flight recently and wanted to approach him so badly and thank him for his contribution but I decided to let him rest. He looked tired 🥱. Much respect 🫡 and love ❤️
Thanks to the Ed Lover, Fab 5 Freddy, Dre for their contributions to HipHop. It's almost 30 years later and people are still talking about Pac and Big just shows the impact of their deaths.
Same here. Im from Howard Beach Queens. In the 80's-90's we weren't only known as the most Cosa Nosa members living on the same neighborhood at one time in the America it was known for killing non whites who even tried to come into the neighborhood so for Me a huge Hip Hop head I had to order every single and album special until the whole neighborhood got into it also into around 95 the dudes who worked in the store spent the next 25 years thanking me for putting them onto all the music too. Anyway recording Yo at least once a week then constantly rebumpin it was the Thing to, as well as Video music box!
BIG died the day after my 14th birthday. I'll never forget seeing it on the news. I cried for BIG and cried for Pac the year before. I'm a '90s teenager - I lived through it all. They were my 2 favorite artists growing up. #BIGandPacForever
This is hands down the best interview yet! And there have been a lot of amazing interviews on this very channel, but Ed Lover is an encyclopedia of facts on the golden era or hip hop!!!!
History like giving voice to bullshit like “Slavery Is a Choice”, Growing up Gotti gossip, and conspiracy theories with Robert F Kennedy Jr? He’s been fucking up a lot lately trying to be the Rap Joe Rogan. Shit is unseemly.
Had me tear up when Ed said "they were friends" first time I imagined them as kids being friends and an evil industry pining them against eachother. RiP BiG and PaC
Nice fairytale, but defnitely not what happened. Pac went at Big to save face, use that controversy and drama to sell records. He sat in jail and prison realizing all that hard work those past years hadn't amounted to much money. He was broke. He felt it was his time to finally make millions. Hence, All Eyez on Me! That was the most commercial album he has ever done and he did it on purpose. It's not like he couldn't have made an All Eyez on Me earlier. He didn't want to. When he got out of prison he was on a mission to make money and that beef was perfect for that. Also he created a narrative about what happened without having to deal with the truth of that matter.
@@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi yeah Pac wild out, & i was living in the Bay Area when it started..we all were like, "what the hell is Pac on about? Big set him up? Why??" We wanted hiphop to be what it always was, how hip hop literally unified us. We loved Biggie, 'Big Poppa' & 'Player's Anthem' was coming out of our car stereos daily. Then Pac went crazy on one of everybody's favorite rappers & changed everything. It should of been resolved almost immediately.
@@bles05You get shot 5 times and have YOUR so called best friend drop a song while YOURE in jail for a crime you DIDNT do and see how it feels. Big, Puff and Bad Boy CAPTIALIZED off of the drama of Pac's shooting. No one ever digs in to this. So, Pac was NOT supposed to feel a way about their moves AFTER he was shot but its COOL that Bad Boy dropped a record talking about Who Shot Ya. Thats a MASTERCLASS in clout chasing gone wrong and it sparked all conflict that was brewing between the coasts.
Ed is the most down to earth dude. He was security in my old high school ( Andrew Jackson h.s. )...He comes to our reunions , donates his time and will speak to anyone like he knew them all of his life. Just a cool 😎 guy.
True bro, Man ed lover is a PAC hater, look at the interviews with PAC and him and ed lover and biggie, he always makes PAC sound like he was just making things up
Because Puffy and the Crips didn't make Pac jump out the window and attack Orlando. He did that on his own. Now if Puffy was in attendance and Puff got stomped out by Pac n crew - you might have a case but Pac dug his own grave n crashed out all on his own Freeing Puff from any wrong doing
I AM NOT anywhere near a rap fan but I enjoyed this interview. Real history lesson about Hip Hop and this brother still in pain over a preventable loss of life.
Ed bodied this interview!!! Real NY OG’s dropping science always gets my utmost attention!!! Peace and blessings Math to you and your team!!! Good look on the RFK Jr joint as well!!! Another great piece!!! BK do or die!!! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
He was becoming something I’ve never seem in hip hop. Him and Biggie both. So wondering if a little rivalry or if Pac was mad Biggie wouldn’t choose sides. Pac did say loyalty was everything.
Ed right 100 percent. Both Brothers are missed . Both loved by hip hop in All regions . Man we lost so much for nothing and it seems like the young brothers in hip hop are killing even more
They’re still bitter about Pac and hit em up, I’ve been saying that for years and Sean bigga showed NYC’s weirdo “gangsters” true feelings about pac when he got in his feelings 😂🤣
@@kamfisher1714 he's just one man. It seemed like he was acting. Don't trust a man who wears sunglasses at night on weirdo media platforms Lol. People from compton can be in their feelings too, those who weren't around when it mattered.
@@Jason-lv4uu My ass, that’s the sentiment of many dudes in NYC, you can tell easily especially in the past couple of years when NYC cats have been interviewed.
@@kamfisher1714 yeah of course but there's ignorance on both sides to be honest and over time a lot of clowns on both sides jumping on band wagons and media sits in the middle of it. This Bigga dude came across like a bad actor, like he had been practicing a script. A lot of people are only interested in keeping up the bs aren't they
Ny nighas was dissing the west coast and the south since day one. Y’all nighas didn’t give the other coast credit. New York has this mentality like they’re kings and they run shit we don’t play that down south and the west coast don’t play that either. That’s why New Yorkers get beat up whenever they leave New York and be disrespectful. Tim Dawg and all them.
Left unsaid in this piece is "Hit 'Em Up" inflamed the entire situation to a point of near no return. The amount of vitriol in those lyrics is staggering. The anger in the delivery doesn't feel forced. Seems completely genuine. A true tragedy for the world to lose 2Pac and Big.
Isn’t it amazing how the Biggie and Tupac story still grips us. They died so fast, and now look everyone who caused the trouble still living. That’s why you can’t get caught up in the word Loyalty, my mama say you can’t trust no one, but God 🙏🏾💜
It's always crazy to hear how the shit went downhill fast between two friends, two phenomenal men and artists, over some bullshit that eventually was picked up and further fueled by the media to a point no one could get themselves out of it if they even tried. RIP Pac and BIG.
Ed lover wrong. Snoop was definitely dissing big at one point and biggie called the radio station thinking Pac was at snoop video shoot which led to the video trailer getting shot up. Biggie played his part and so did snoop. And I know stretch was they friend but he did some sheisty shit.
@@chemistryrussell and all these old school niggas do that when it comes to this. East Coast is never did nothing and is innocent saints n Pac them in the wrong. Same bullshit narrative.
Absolutely everybody did at that time in hip hop snoop dogg was jealous of pac and biggie period he trying to change the narrative on everything remember he was the hottest rapper at one point in the game although pac already was a superstar but when he did me against the world and biggie did ready to die they both changed hip hop especially pac forever when pac went to deathrow records he basically took snoop shine everybody was sneak dissing
That was on Angie Martinez show, I remember bein a kid listening to this, to be clear BIG did say go see them but Angie clarified "musically" and BIG was like yea musically no violence blah blah blah...take that info as you will
Ed Lover took me back with "The Poetess" reference. I think she was on 92.3 The Beat here in LA at the time. Used to always listen to her. And, unfortunately, he's right about those disrespectful callers. They didn't just stop there either. I remember Theo, from The Beat at the time, also opened up the phones, and niggas was def shitting on Biggie. Big miscalculation by Puffy/Bad Boy. hindsight is 20/20, but it was just way too soon. If they were gonna be in LA a mere six months after 2Pac got killed, there should've been secret service level armed security. Suge was locked up due to probation violation, so they just got too comfortable.
Well, let’s put it like this. After Pac got shot, Bad Boy/Live Squad were hanging and/or attending events from the one who called the shots on Pac. Not to mention how he was connected to other NY rappers at the moment. Now, Biggie & Puffy did their part for the problem to escalate like it did. And that was just Death Row & Bad Boy beefing, now other NY MC’s did throw some slick lines on their records directed at Pac and not Death Row, so it was something going on that most of people forget to mention when this topic comes out. Now, remember that Suge’s homie got killer in that JD Party and he blamed Puffy for it.
Im from Cali. Graduated HS in 95. I never even went to NY until I was in my 30's mainly because of the East vs West "Beef" but oddly enough when I finally went to Brooklyn it felt just like back home. 2 of the greatest artist of all time RIP. We owe it to ourselves to put together what "They" tore apart. The powers that be took that opportunity to divide a nation of young black ppl who were unifying through music. Literally 20 yrs later, still talked about like it was yesterday. ✌🏾❤️🩹 #Time2Heal
What do you mean by they ? White people ? Jews ? Who ? Don't be scary now put some bass in your voice and say it. Black people have been robbing and murdering each other long before rap. It's time yall stop blaming everyone else and take responsibility for your own actions. That's what a real man does. A lot of yall are grown but still sit around crying like babies blaming all your problems on the white man. Its pathetic and yall should be embarrassed. " they say it's the white man I should fear. But it's my OWN kind that's doing all the KILLING here " Tupac - Only God Can Judge Me
ED LOVER PLAYED UNBELIEVEABLE EVERY SINGLE MORNIN’ ON THE RADIO AT THE EXACT TIME. WHEN MY ALARM CLOCK WENT OFF, BIG WAS PLAYIN. EVERY FUCKIN MORNIN. THAT WAS MY ALARM CLOCK. RIP TO THE GREATEST. DAS BIG👑🗽
Pac didn't blame biggie he said he felt he was aware of the quad studio incident and was wondering why he couldn't get any info it was just a crazy awkward situation
Yeah Pac knew the truth but he kinda did blame big. U remember Pac talkin bout niggas in jail telling him “what u don’t know? U don’t know that was Bigs homies that did that” and then who shot ya came out sounding like they were bragging bout it.. whether Pac lied bout people in jail saying that or not, for a good minute Pac was kinda blaming Biggie
@@KillYaEgo honestly that from a different source in hind sight don't think pac was lying absolutely anything I feel that he should have been wiser and more aware of his surroundings biggie did tell him about the ppl that actually shot him but pac also said he asked biggie wat happened unfortunately it put both of them in a crazy ass situation overall they needed the right ppl advice and leadership in their corners it would have been a great milestone for hip hop if both legends actually squashed all that shit at the time
Nobody ever remembers that Puff and Snoop peaced it up at the Source Awards *on stage* later in the show. Both deaded it but then Jake gets killed in Atlanta a month later…
I remember the Suzuki Sidekicks back in the 90s. They got hooked up chopped down with those wide low profile tires, and sound systems. Good old days. Lol
I hear ya Ed. I being about the same age understood Rap to be a fad and to not take it seriously. I thought it was catchy in 1980 but by 1983 I was highly impressed and very hooked. But then Gansta Rap took over and I went back to EWF and Kool and the Gang just to get my groove back. Party records turned into a mega billion dollar business right before my eyes. I am glad I was here to see it
He’s not. NY dudes always try to make BiG seem like he was such an Angel. He got Snoop Dogg trailer shot up in NY and he was mad disrespectful to Tupac on Sway show right before he was killed himself
As an LA cat, I can say that we felt BIG’s death like a MF! There were definitely some dickheads talking crazy but LA felt that. Every time I drive down Fairfax I think about it. Peace to both Pac and Big ✊🏾
Im a guy from NorCal and like bro up top said L.A/ALL of Cali felt Bigs death! 2 things tho...PAC NEVER BLAMED BIG AND THEM for setting him up. He accused them of knowin it was gonna happen/Not tellin him who did it. Pac said he later found out who set him up amd that Big and them knew as well. Thats why he was goin hard on Big. Pac felt like Big and them should've been able to communicate with him. Like I said I LOVED Both, but being from the soil (Cali) I even felt like THAT WAS NOT VERY SMART AT ALL FOR NONE OF THOSE CATS TO COME THIS WAY! Now 50, I still feel that it was waaaaaay too soon! ESPECIALLY after hearing Life after Death! Which btw WAS/IS A SUPER CLASSIC ALBUM! MUCH LOVE TO BOTH!! SURE MISS THEIR MUSIC!!!
With all do respect all of what Ed Lover said is true but Snoop not having an issue with the East Coast back when the beef between the East Coast vs West Coast is a lie !!! When the Dogg Pound came to New York and filmed there New York New York video Biggie got on the radio and called his soldiers to show them Dogg Pound Cats what time it was and the Dogg Pound along with snoop got their trailer shot up and from that point the beef was on and Snoop came back to Cali and made several diss tracks going at Biggie that's why Pac was so mad at Snoop because he was trying to play both sides of the fence and Pac hated him until the day he was laid to rest . Ask Napoleon why til this day don't have nothing to do with Snoop lying A--!!!!
Yeah i wonder why the facts are always misconstrued ? Snoop Daz n kurupt ( DPG) dissed NY after Big had allegedly incited a shooting of their music video set while in NY
Snoop was smart and had enough of the beefs bs he was just more chill and mature than 2pac and look at his decision he's alive but pac who i love who's uncontrollable emotions was his downfall but the ironic thing is 2pacs strength was his emotions so it was meant 2 be with the shootings in New York and Las Vegas he played with wrong and was around wrong dudes Bigge deserves 2 live but we know suge is a bad human so he set the hit the payback for losing his star so that puff could lose his star 💯 Anyways 3 OF THE BIGGEST BEST LEGENDS ICONS GOATS RAPPERS HIP-HOP RAP ARTIST FIGURES IN HISTORY CULTURALLY WORLDWIDE 2 WITH 50 CENT EMINEM PROBABLY THEY GLOBALLY. THEN WE GOT LOVE FOR ICE CUBE NAS DMX DR.DRE ANDRE3000 LIL WAYNE KENDRICK LAMAR KANYE WEST JAY-Z J.COLE
People forget when Pac died biggie and bad boy was talking shit so what y’all expect LA to do once they handled biggie? Talk shit! Is what it is. Rest in peace to both.
@@jamalj6973we caught on to all that shit when he said it!! We were hot!! And I mean everybody! From the kids to the grown ups ! We weren’t stupid we knew he was Talkin shit!!!
He knew, had something to do with it, withheld information, didn't come to talk to him, didn't ride for him... Pac was switching between those concepts back and forth. Read the vibe interiew he did in jail, 2 of America's most wanted video, hit em up... He was definitely alluding to Biggie being involved
When Pac got shot in NY. NY as a whole did not ride for Pac nor did the hiphop community. There was no mainstream, unified "we got Pac back" energy in the NY hiphop community. West Coast definitely felt a way about it. And Death Row vs Bad Boy war made fans and affiliates chose sides.
That's because Pac was looked at as Bay area rapper. He was not openly claiming NY like that anyway.
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@@drestathagangsta8880 nah he claimed New York which is why he always hung out there because that's his birthplace and hometown and he claimed Los Angeles too while living in Atlanta
I from NY and we all heard ed talking shit about Tupac on the radio...Ed had a joke where he called Tupac "1 nut" because the joke was PAC shot his self in the balls at the studio during the robbery. Ed fos he better hope the tapes of him on the radio talking shit about PAC don't pop up
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Thank you Ed Lover, I had a terrible childhood but as long as I had YO MTV raps everything was OK. This man is a Legend. Thank you a million times over
I'm pretty sure if he saw this text he would say you're welcome! ✌🏾
Some real talk right here. Peace to you!
@@JP-xh3gy Thanks, bro Peace to you too
No cap 🧢 bro me and my reli use to watch every show in my grandma garage. Miss them days
#forreal that show got many ppl thru some terrible times, me included.
Do you know how crazy it is to talk to someone who saw Biggie & PAC’s come up and also experienced the whole vibe with them from the jump! Big up Ed Lover. Love from London, UK 🇬🇧
I’m from the states, but the best hip-hop comes out of the UK. Y’all definitely hold the culture of hip-hop to the highest level.💯
@@newera5238 Appreciate the love bro👊🏾♥️. We eat and breathe hip hop over here. No games, no gimmicks just straight bars.
Top comment right here. UK 🇬🇧 stand up.
i'm a londoner. i saw tupac in the new york club with them brooklyn ones the night it all went left.
biggie had the best flow.
tupac the goat of all goats.
Those who know, don't speak.
Ed Lover is probably as close to a living encyclopedia of Hip Hop that we have. The things he's seen and experienced.... wow....
T K Kirkland is like that too.
for sure
Son. Ralph McDaniels.
Yes but not that accurate though
KRS 1 too
I'm from Philly and I can definitely remember when Pac died the East coast felt it . I remember everyone sad playing nothing but Pac in every hood you went through . He was well loved and no one was happy the day he died . It was a sad day . Rest in Peace Pac and Big you will forever be missed
I was 14 when Pac died and living in Maryland. I could've cared less. All I remember is that his mom decided to pulled the plug and he died. Life went on wasn't a big deal. Pac wasn't my relative or friend
@@3rdGenerationCanceru was a child 👶 at that point sooo
@@Jason-lv4uu It still didn't matter. My thoughts never changed. Pac was fake. I knew it then. Nothing more to say. I loved Dear Mama, Keep Ya Head Up, I Get Around, Brenda's Got A baby but Pc wasn't nothing special just false advertisement
Respect👊🏾
@@3rdGenerationCancerOK! ...Errr Thank you for sharing???!
Ed Lover should be a regular on this podcast. He’s a great dude who I met several times in Jersey. The chemistry with Math is brilliant.
I saw Ed Lover on a flight recently and wanted to approach him so badly and thank him for his contribution but I decided to let him rest. He looked tired 🥱. Much respect 🫡 and love ❤️
Always love Ed Lover’s interviews. He’s always curt, straight-forward and never talks off the side of his mouth, unlike most rappers these days.
Look up the definition curt, you're not using it correctly.
His Biggie impression was on point. 🙏🏾
Like a mf 😂
lol for real
Facts....I super loved that. Just to hear it off the top ❤
U met BIG?
Wasn’t all that y’all riding hard
Thanks to the Ed Lover, Fab 5 Freddy, Dre for their contributions to HipHop. It's almost 30 years later and people are still talking about Pac and Big just shows the impact of their deaths.
Ed Lover and Dr Dre are my childhood heros Yo mtv Raps meant everything to me
Same here. Im from Howard Beach Queens. In the 80's-90's we weren't only known as the most Cosa Nosa members living on the same neighborhood at one time in the America it was known for killing non whites who even tried to come into the neighborhood so for Me a huge Hip Hop head I had to order every single and album special until the whole neighborhood got into it also into around 95 the dudes who worked in the store spent the next 25 years thanking me for putting them onto all the music too. Anyway recording Yo at least once a week then constantly rebumpin it was the Thing to, as well as Video music box!
Special actually made me cry😢 especially when you heard flavor Flav wraps the people realize how talented he really was!
You would literally have nothing to talk about in school the next day if you missed an episode! MTV Raps was IT!!!
If those were your childhood heroes your childhood sucked 😂😂😂😂
I felt that way about Rapcity ) especially the Basement
Being a hard-core hip hop fan, this video is what I needed. Ed, thanks for sharing the stories! Salute Math, Ed Lover!
That biggie impersonation tho 😂😂😂
BIG died the day after my 14th birthday. I'll never forget seeing it on the news. I cried for BIG and cried for Pac the year before. I'm a '90s teenager - I lived through it all. They were my 2 favorite artists growing up. #BIGandPacForever
Your 🎶 ears are Fabulous I loved Pac and i liked Biggie his lyrical style gift was Top Tier
My niece was born ten years to the day biggie got killed. 3 9 ⁰7
Ed Lover is a legend. I used to do the Ed lover dance when I was a kid.
This is hands down the best interview yet! And there have been a lot of amazing interviews on this very channel, but Ed Lover is an encyclopedia of facts on the golden era or hip hop!!!!
Pray we all can get along. Time to unite as a people. Blessings 🙏🙏🙏
How is it that Math don't have 1M subscribers yet? The absolute best interviews without trying to get no catch statements, just history
Top comment.
Nah he tried to catch headliners from ppl often. Hes just good at it. But that’s part of the game
History like giving voice to bullshit like “Slavery Is a Choice”, Growing up Gotti gossip, and conspiracy theories with Robert F Kennedy Jr? He’s been fucking up a lot lately trying to be the Rap Joe Rogan. Shit is unseemly.
Nah bruh he's cool dough n I hope he gets his million 2
Exactly 💯 I said that same wisdom
Had me tear up when Ed said "they were friends" first time I imagined them as kids being friends and an evil industry pining them against eachother. RiP BiG and PaC
Nice fairytale, but defnitely not what happened. Pac went at Big to save face, use that controversy and drama to sell records. He sat in jail and prison realizing all that hard work those past years hadn't amounted to much money. He was broke. He felt it was his time to finally make millions. Hence, All Eyez on Me! That was the most commercial album he has ever done and he did it on purpose. It's not like he couldn't have made an All Eyez on Me earlier. He didn't want to.
When he got out of prison he was on a mission to make money and that beef was perfect for that. Also he created a narrative about what happened without having to deal with the truth of that matter.
@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi so not true
@@slip-n-rollboxing1826 Just because you don't want it to be true doesn't mean it isn't.
@@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi yeah Pac wild out, & i was living in the Bay Area when it started..we all were like, "what the hell is Pac on about? Big set him up? Why??" We wanted hiphop to be what it always was, how hip hop literally unified us. We loved Biggie, 'Big Poppa' & 'Player's Anthem' was coming out of our car stereos daily. Then Pac went crazy on one of everybody's favorite rappers & changed everything. It should of been resolved almost immediately.
@@bles05You get shot 5 times and have YOUR so called best friend drop a song while YOURE in jail for a crime you DIDNT do and see how it feels. Big, Puff and Bad Boy CAPTIALIZED off of the drama of Pac's shooting. No one ever digs in to this. So, Pac was NOT supposed to feel a way about their moves AFTER he was shot but its COOL that Bad Boy dropped a record talking about Who Shot Ya. Thats a MASTERCLASS in clout chasing gone wrong and it sparked all conflict that was brewing between the coasts.
Ed is the most down to earth dude. He was security in my old high school ( Andrew Jackson h.s. )...He comes to our reunions , donates his time and will speak to anyone like he knew them all of his life. Just a cool 😎 guy.
damn that's pretty neat dude's a class act
Breaks my heart. I wish both these dude were still here 🤷♂️
This is how you let a person talk. Going deep into the hip hop archives. Ed Lover is a staple in the culture.
That Biggie impression was next level
This episode is Legendary…Ed Lover is a hip hop landmark
This is the best interview you've had!!!!!!!!! Man I miss Yo! MTV Rap days!!!!!
I have watched a lot of these interviews but I can't wait to watch the whole thing!
This is an absolutely amazing interview
Even as an 11 year old growing up in Cali, when big died. We just knew that was revenge for 2pac. We all felt that . Streets knew it
Same!!!!!
And sadly I began not like Pac As Much until I grew up, and saw how the media does things and the powers that be twist things!!!
Damn
I agree, we lost the two greatest- it was very painful 😣 because I appreciate, admire and loved 🥰 both of them...
Puff should of never had Big go to Cali especially a year after pacs death fcking snake🐍
@@marcusanthony6225PAC gave the media that fuel to make the fire bigger
Orlando and the Crips were associated with Puffy. Why are they leaving out that out!
Me and you are associated with juneteenth thr we go to together luv 🌈😍💯
@@ZYaKnoe248okay Jalen
Exactly
True bro, Man ed lover is a PAC hater, look at the interviews with PAC and him and ed lover and biggie, he always makes PAC sound like he was just making things up
Because Puffy and the Crips didn't make Pac jump out the window and attack Orlando. He did that on his own. Now if Puffy was in attendance and Puff got stomped out by Pac n crew - you might have a case but Pac dug his own grave n crashed out all on his own
Freeing Puff from any wrong doing
Thanks!
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT!! WE APPRECIATE YOU!!! WE GOT MORE GREAT CONTENT ON THE WAY..STAY TUNED!!!
Rumors of Puffy putting out Bounties but no one thought he was responsible??!!
Niggas act like they don’t know about that.. I know they done heard about it lol . All them interviews Keffe d done did
I AM NOT anywhere near a rap fan but I enjoyed this interview. Real history lesson about Hip Hop and this brother still in pain over a preventable loss of life.
Great clip. Ed Lover is one of those dudes who you let talk and just listen to his wisdom.
Awesome interview from a Legend from Legendary times. Brings me back.
Them boys wasn’t looking for a problem but got snoops trailor shot.
Bingo
💯💯🎯
Bro! They seem to always conveniently leave that part out
Yeah cause Biggie got on the radio & said what he said… smh.
They were shooting a diss song/video
Always good content! Love to hear that behind the scenes history straight from those that were there.
Ed bodied this interview!!! Real NY OG’s dropping science always gets my utmost attention!!! Peace and blessings Math to you and your team!!! Good look on the RFK Jr joint as well!!! Another great piece!!! BK do or die!!! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Agreed. Great comment right here.
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@@thussain0 damn bro you wrote a dissertation in the comments 😂😂😂 you ain't all the way wrong though
It’s all us my guy we’re that element of true elementary for all man kind
Tupac was getting better and better with each album and movie he did. Can’t even imagine what he would have been!
We saw that with the makaveli album
😂😂😂
Moving this Country the right way for SURE…!
fucKILLuminati!
Don't forget Big as well
He was becoming something I’ve never seem in hip hop. Him and Biggie both. So wondering if a little rivalry or if Pac was mad Biggie wouldn’t choose sides. Pac did say loyalty was everything.
Ed was spot on with the Biggie impersonation 😂
Thank you so much for this interview. Brings back so many memories of back in the day.
Incredible interview.
As a kid from Queens this brings me warm feelings. 👊🏽
Ed always manages to tell a story without an agenda.... he remains neutral...
As it should be
ED Lover is a legend in the culture. God bless you brother.
Can't wait to see the full interview
Man I miss Ed “cmon son” videos bro is lowkey a pioneer in this social media shit
this absolute legend just did the best Big impression I've EVER heard! WOWWW! beautiful episode! 👑👑👑
Ed right 100 percent. Both Brothers are missed . Both loved by hip hop in All regions . Man we lost so much for nothing and it seems like the young brothers in hip hop are killing even more
They’re still bitter about Pac and hit em up, I’ve been saying that for years and Sean bigga showed NYC’s weirdo “gangsters” true feelings about pac when he got in his feelings 😂🤣
@@kamfisher1714 he's just one man. It seemed like he was acting. Don't trust a man who wears sunglasses at night on weirdo media platforms Lol. People from compton can be in their feelings too, those who weren't around when it mattered.
They're young dumb don't know Jack about hip hop, easily manipulated and have no business on a mic especially when they can't rap smh
@@Jason-lv4uu My ass, that’s the sentiment of many dudes in NYC, you can tell easily especially in the past couple of years when NYC cats have been interviewed.
@@kamfisher1714 yeah of course but there's ignorance on both sides to be honest and over time a lot of clowns on both sides jumping on band wagons and media sits in the middle of it. This Bigga dude came across like a bad actor, like he had been practicing a script. A lot of people are only interested in keeping up the bs aren't they
They lied on Biggie the whole time. From quad studio shooting to las vagas mayhem. He was innocent from day one.
Ny nighas was dissing the west coast and the south since day one. Y’all nighas didn’t give the other coast credit. New York has this mentality like they’re kings and they run shit we don’t play that down south and the west coast don’t play that either. That’s why New Yorkers get beat up whenever they leave New York and be disrespectful. Tim Dawg and all them.
Yes, but then biggie was so mad about the I f**ked your wife line in his diss track that it led him to be so disrespectful in LA about Pac's death
Sad thing is that people in PAC camp knew BIG ain't have nothing to do with it.
@@darrellalston2103 exactly
Innocent from day one? Listen to biggie’s lyrics on long kiss goodnight….even he refused to be innocent and those bars got him killed unfortunately 😢
Another one of your best interviews bro keep them coming pause
Pac name gotta come up in every single interview everywhere. 🐐
Love!
2pac = 🐐
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Views 😂😂😂
Left unsaid in this piece is "Hit 'Em Up" inflamed the entire situation to a point of near no return. The amount of vitriol in those lyrics is staggering. The anger in the delivery doesn't feel forced. Seems completely genuine. A true tragedy for the world to lose 2Pac and Big.
No New York New York video shoot being shot up inflamed
I don’t think it contributed to Pac’s death, but it probably contributed to Biggie’s.
Isn’t it amazing how the Biggie and Tupac story still grips us. They died so fast, and now look everyone who caused the trouble still living. That’s why you can’t get caught up in the word Loyalty, my mama say you can’t trust no one, but God 🙏🏾💜
They took the best of hip hop when they died, kind of the way Kurt Cobain took grunge. RIP to them all. ❤️😢
I use to always get confused by the 2 Doctor/Dr Dre’s
Excellent interview with Ed Lover!
It's always crazy to hear how the shit went downhill fast between two friends, two phenomenal men and artists, over some bullshit that eventually was picked up and further fueled by the media to a point no one could get themselves out of it if they even tried. RIP Pac and BIG.
Ed a LEGEND. Can't wait till the full interview
i enjoyed these ed lover clips. ima take time and listen to the whole cast.
My take away is that masta ace needs to be on the show
1 of the coldest on the mic ever
Facts
Brownsville legend
I'm from Harlem. Let me tell you something. New York is organize crime influenced. Puffy is connected and the people pac had problems with are no joke
That's all you got out of this???? 😭
Ed lover wrong. Snoop was definitely dissing big at one point and biggie called the radio station thinking Pac was at snoop video shoot which led to the video trailer getting shot up. Biggie played his part and so did snoop. And I know stretch was they friend but he did some sheisty shit.
Yep. He's trying to sanitize NY's role in the coastal beef. Tim Dog's Step to Me was definitely a shot.
@@chemistryrussell and all these old school niggas do that when it comes to this. East Coast is never did nothing and is innocent saints n Pac them in the wrong. Same bullshit narrative.
Absolutely everybody did at that time in hip hop snoop dogg was jealous of pac and biggie period he trying to change the narrative on everything remember he was the hottest rapper at one point in the game although pac already was a superstar but when he did me against the world and biggie did ready to die they both changed hip hop especially pac forever when pac went to deathrow records he basically took snoop shine everybody was sneak dissing
That was on Angie Martinez show, I remember bein a kid listening to this, to be clear BIG did say go see them but Angie clarified "musically" and BIG was like yea musically no violence blah blah blah...take that info as you will
@@chemistryrussellMC Hammer took a shot at Run DMC in the Let's Get It Started video first
Love you, Mr. Hoffa! Love and Respect ✊
U need Big Gene on there ASAP..might be a 2 hr. show. That's the episode we need to see too..Ed Lover..great stories❤
Big Gene is a clout chasing Bubba Gump sounding fool
I love listening to Ed Lover tell stories U can tell how genuine he is and tells it like it is with no b.s.
Ed Lover took me back with "The Poetess" reference. I think she was on 92.3 The Beat here in LA at the time. Used to always listen to her. And, unfortunately, he's right about those disrespectful callers. They didn't just stop there either. I remember Theo, from The Beat at the time, also opened up the phones, and niggas was def shitting on Biggie. Big miscalculation by Puffy/Bad Boy. hindsight is 20/20, but it was just way too soon. If they were gonna be in LA a mere six months after 2Pac got killed, there should've been secret service level armed security. Suge was locked up due to probation violation, so they just got too comfortable.
Its amazing how they never talk about how Big damn near got Dogg Pound Killed
Exactly 🤣🤣
Facts and how biggie "was never in the beef" when he dissed pac after he passed like I sucka would..
To me. This is one of the best guests on your show!!!!👌👍👏
Snoop tried to play both sides. When snoop was with 2pac he was dissing biggie and when snoop was in ny, he loved biggie. And Pac saw that and got mad
Negative
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@@joshingram071 how is it cap
That’s facts. Snoop was a fraud
That’s facts lol snoop is on record dissing biggie
Well, let’s put it like this.
After Pac got shot, Bad Boy/Live Squad were hanging and/or attending events from the one who called the shots on Pac.
Not to mention how he was connected to other NY rappers at the moment.
Now, Biggie & Puffy did their part for the problem to escalate like it did.
And that was just Death Row & Bad Boy beefing, now other NY MC’s did throw some slick lines on their records directed at Pac and not Death Row, so it was something going on that most of people forget to mention when this topic comes out.
Now, remember that Suge’s homie got killer in that JD Party and he blamed Puffy for it.
Remember Tim Dogg Started the East coast West Coast Beef 😂not pac like these frauds tryna make it seem to rewrite ourstory
@@darkmanxxx8810Very valid point.
@@darkmanxxx8810yup that part too . Way before PAC & Big was beefing.
SPOT TF ON, CUZ THESE FOLKS TRIPPIN
Big was always cool wit Live Squad & so was Nas
Excellent interview
Los angeles still killin rappers man they move different.
Im from Cali. Graduated HS in 95. I never even went to NY until I was in my 30's mainly because of the East vs West "Beef" but oddly enough when I finally went to Brooklyn it felt just like back home. 2 of the greatest artist of all time RIP. We owe it to ourselves to put together what "They" tore apart. The powers that be took that opportunity to divide a nation of young black ppl who were unifying through music. Literally 20 yrs later, still talked about like it was yesterday. ✌🏾❤️🩹 #Time2Heal
What do you mean by they ? White people ? Jews ? Who ? Don't be scary now put some bass in your voice and say it.
Black people have been robbing and murdering each other long before rap.
It's time yall stop blaming everyone else and take responsibility for your own actions. That's what a real man does.
A lot of yall are grown but still sit around crying like babies blaming all your problems on the white man. Its pathetic and yall should be embarrassed.
" they say it's the white man I should fear. But it's my OWN kind that's doing all the KILLING here " Tupac - Only God Can Judge Me
This was an awesome interview!!
They completely ignoring the NY NY shooting. Snoop and they was pissed and we’re definitely dissing Biggie.
Hey boo ❤
@@ZYaKnoe248okay Jalenn
Maybe that was in response to what happened the night before at the Deathrow Christmas Party on December 15th 1995.
@@erfbgu2643all of that happened months before the Christmas party dude
They always ignore that shit they make it seem like new York was victims
Should’ve never did that long kiss goodnite freestyle 🤷♂️
ED LOVER PLAYED UNBELIEVEABLE EVERY SINGLE MORNIN’ ON THE RADIO AT THE EXACT TIME. WHEN MY ALARM CLOCK WENT OFF, BIG WAS PLAYIN. EVERY FUCKIN MORNIN. THAT WAS MY ALARM CLOCK. RIP TO THE GREATEST. DAS BIG👑🗽
Pac didn't blame biggie he said he felt he was aware of the quad studio incident and was wondering why he couldn't get any info it was just a crazy awkward situation
Facts bro people need to stop listing to 3rd party people and listen to the goats mouth himself
Absolutely
Yeah Pac knew the truth but he kinda did blame big. U remember Pac talkin bout niggas in jail telling him “what u don’t know? U don’t know that was Bigs homies that did that” and then who shot ya came out sounding like they were bragging bout it.. whether Pac lied bout people in jail saying that or not, for a good minute Pac was kinda blaming Biggie
@@KillYaEgo nah he never said he blamed him for not telling who did that to him . That was the problem
@@KillYaEgo honestly that from a different source in hind sight don't think pac was lying absolutely anything I feel that he should have been wiser and more aware of his surroundings biggie did tell him about the ppl that actually shot him but pac also said he asked biggie wat happened unfortunately it put both of them in a crazy ass situation overall they needed the right ppl advice and leadership in their corners it would have been a great milestone for hip hop if both legends actually squashed all that shit at the time
Nobody ever remembers that Puff and Snoop peaced it up at the Source Awards *on stage* later in the show. Both deaded it but then Jake gets killed in Atlanta a month later…
They also don’t remember Run Dmc getting boo’d at those source awards also
I remember the Suzuki Sidekicks back in the 90s. They got hooked up chopped down with those wide low profile tires, and sound systems. Good old days. Lol
I hear ya Ed. I being about the same age understood Rap to be a fad and to not take it seriously. I thought it was catchy in 1980 but by 1983 I was highly impressed and very hooked. But then Gansta Rap took over and I went back to EWF and Kool and the Gang just to get my groove back. Party records turned into a mega billion dollar business right before my eyes. I am glad I was here to see it
Finally somebody telling the truth 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Nah he's lying too much east coast bias. BIG was doing too much on the radio in LA. He wasn't humble at all
Doing too much? He’s promoting his album spitting lyrics nobody heard yet, and on top of that they young
He’s not. NY dudes always try to make BiG seem like he was such an Angel. He got Snoop Dogg trailer shot up in NY and he was mad disrespectful to Tupac on Sway show right before he was killed himself
Damnnnnnnn I'm old .... Watch Ed & Dre when I was in grade school .... Now 41 !!!!
Glad Sir Ed Lover still Healthy , Funny and Shape 🎉🎉🎉
1982 me too 🙏
As an LA cat, I can say that we felt BIG’s death like a MF! There were definitely some dickheads talking crazy but LA felt that. Every time I drive down Fairfax I think about it. Peace to both Pac and Big ✊🏾
Nah our west coast wasn’t messing with Big after Pac got killed Ed was right lol Also the East wasn’t fooling with Pac like that either☝🏿💯
Im a guy from NorCal and like bro up top said L.A/ALL of Cali felt Bigs death! 2 things tho...PAC NEVER BLAMED BIG AND THEM for setting him up. He accused them of knowin it was gonna happen/Not tellin him who did it. Pac said he later found out who set him up amd that Big and them knew as well. Thats why he was goin hard on Big. Pac felt like Big and them should've been able to communicate with him. Like I said I LOVED Both, but being from the soil (Cali) I even felt like THAT WAS NOT VERY SMART AT ALL FOR NONE OF THOSE CATS TO COME THIS WAY! Now 50, I still feel that it was waaaaaay too soon! ESPECIALLY after hearing Life after Death! Which btw WAS/IS A SUPER CLASSIC ALBUM! MUCH LOVE TO BOTH!! SURE MISS THEIR MUSIC!!!
Real talk. And correction, a lot of East Coast cats were talking mad stuff about Pac and the West Coast.
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@@blevinguy1996right pac knew who shot him but he came at biggie more than them
Rest in peace to both soldiers
Good interview. Damn good interview.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🫡💯💯
Ed Lover is a treasure.
With all do respect all of what Ed Lover said is true but Snoop not having an issue with the East Coast back when the beef between the East Coast vs West Coast is a lie !!! When the Dogg Pound came to New York and filmed there New York New York video Biggie got on the radio and called his soldiers to show them Dogg Pound Cats what time it was and the Dogg Pound along with snoop got their trailer shot up and from that point the beef was on and Snoop came back to Cali and made several diss tracks going at Biggie that's why Pac was so mad at Snoop because he was trying to play both sides of the fence and Pac hated him until the day he was laid to rest . Ask Napoleon why til this day don't have nothing to do with Snoop lying A--!!!!
They gone down play and sweep this fact under the rug and out of the narrative like Snoop and Puffy always do.
Yeah i wonder why the facts are always misconstrued ? Snoop Daz n kurupt ( DPG) dissed NY after Big had allegedly incited a shooting of their music video set while in NY
That's true but the fact after the fact is that Snoop got a chance to talk to them and tried to difuse the situation.
How you know?
Snoop was smart and had enough of the beefs bs he was just more chill and mature than 2pac and look at his decision he's alive but pac who i love who's uncontrollable emotions was his downfall but the ironic thing is 2pacs strength was his emotions so it was meant 2 be with the shootings in New York and Las Vegas he played with wrong and was around wrong dudes Bigge deserves 2 live but we know suge is a bad human so he set the hit the payback for losing his star so that puff could lose his star 💯 Anyways 3 OF THE BIGGEST BEST LEGENDS ICONS GOATS RAPPERS HIP-HOP RAP ARTIST FIGURES IN HISTORY CULTURALLY WORLDWIDE 2 WITH 50 CENT EMINEM PROBABLY THEY GLOBALLY. THEN WE GOT LOVE FOR ICE CUBE NAS DMX DR.DRE ANDRE3000 LIL WAYNE KENDRICK LAMAR KANYE WEST JAY-Z J.COLE
Man, he brought back memories. Had me a Suzuki Sidekick, hardtop Convertible 😂😂😂
JUICE came out in 1992 Ed!! 💯
You're absolutely right. I said this too, but of course after 30 years, memories tend to be sketchy at times.
And TUPAC WAS BUBBLING 💯💯💯
He downplay PAC’S FAME, LOST CREDIBILITY
Naw I want my money
If he ever fall he got me.. ..
Same thing I said.
People forget when Pac died biggie and bad boy was talking shit so what y’all expect LA to do once they handled biggie? Talk shit! Is what it is. Rest in peace to both.
Even Big's interview out in LA had a lot of subliminal disses. Words have power and if not chosen carefully can spark hate in a tense situation.
You Niggas are disgusting! Big was not talking shit on the radio smh I listen to that interview at least once a month.
@@jamalj6973 niggas don’t wanna speak on this tho. It ain’t even hate toward Big jus facts but it’s so many dickriders in here lol.
Exactly!!!!!!
@@jamalj6973we caught on to all that shit when he said it!! We were hot!! And I mean everybody! From the kids to the grown ups ! We weren’t stupid we knew he was Talkin shit!!!
ED LOVER IS THE HIP OF MY HOP EVERYTIME I WAS WATCHING YO MTV RAP ..YO SHOUT OUT GOOD SEEING HIM NOT EDITED MY LOVER 😅❤❤❤
That's because Pac was from NYC!
When that who shot ya was released that was when things started turning
Great interview
Pac never said Big was responsible 😃
He knew, had something to do with it, withheld information, didn't come to talk to him, didn't ride for him...
Pac was switching between those concepts back and forth.
Read the vibe interiew he did in jail, 2 of America's most wanted video, hit em up... He was definitely alluding to Biggie being involved
Yes he did
@@cc-92 link it
He clowned him for NOT KEEPING IT REAL
BIG KNEW AND DIDN’T SHARE INFO💯💯💯
@@Gemneye6big didn’t need to tell him because PAC knew who did it why they did , bro lied
Big Gene already said Biggie told him he knew something was gonna happen. Ed is close to Stretch so he’ll always side with that narrative
This man was around them. Ed never changed his recollections. Gene sounds like a bitter chick. Some truth done fabrications
@@cwillie1492Gene was around Biggie so your point is invalid
@@cwillie1492and yes ed has def mixed up info before
Gene never said that. He literally said more than once that Big didn't know _before hand_. He does suggest that Big knew _after_.
He said Puff knew.
That was a GREAT Big impression! 😂😂 he sounded just like Big
Correction on your boy MECCA MATH ,
Eric B does not claim LI, Rakim is from Wyndach LI, Eric B always repped East Elmhurst.
When Pac got shot in NY. NY as a whole did not ride for Pac nor did the hiphop community. There was no mainstream, unified "we got Pac back" energy in the NY hiphop community. West Coast definitely felt a way about it. And Death Row vs Bad Boy war made fans and affiliates chose sides.
Wen pac died niggas played pac songs all day I’m in Connecticut did they do the same for big wen he passed?
Good point
That's because Pac was looked at as Bay area rapper. He was not openly claiming NY like that anyway.
@@drestathagangsta8880 nah he claimed New York which is why he always hung out there because that's his birthplace and hometown and he claimed Los Angeles too while living in Atlanta
@@drestathagangsta8880 crazy part IMO that shouldn't have mattered where he was from
Great interview...
I from NY and we all heard ed talking shit about Tupac on the radio...Ed had a joke where he called Tupac "1 nut" because the joke was PAC shot his self in the balls at the studio during the robbery. Ed fos he better hope the tapes of him on the radio talking shit about PAC don't pop up
That nicca a hoe stretch got stretched by niccas he thought was his friend phuck em and ny