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Dave Chappelle Imitates Biggie While Performing “Big Poppa”

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Dave Chappelle broke out his best Biggie impression, deepening his voice to perform “Big Poppa” during an appearance at “1500 Or Nothin Day” in LA on Martin Luther King Day. It’s not the first time that Chappelle has been seen performing Biggie’s works. In 2016, he performed “Juicy” alongside Erykah Badu at the singer’s 45th birthday party.

“Big Poppa”, off Biggie’s seminal Ready To Die, is one of the late rapper’s best-known works. The track, which dropped on Christmas Eve 1994, went on to earn a Grammy nomination and a six-time platinum certification. However, it only peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Dave Chappelle Israel Comments Cause Comedy Show Walkouts

While Chappelle’s rendition of “Big Poppa” was well-received, the same can’t be said for all of the comedian’s recent performances. In October 2023, Chappelle saw several audience members walk out of his show in Boston after he decided to speak on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. No footage of the set is online, as Chappelle confiscated the audience’s phones before he began. While Chappelle condemned the initial Hamas attack on Israel, he said that students in the US shouldn’t be losing job offers for supporting Palestine. Several Ivy League students have reported experiencing such consequences for publicly supporting Palestine.

However, Chappelle doubled down, stating that the Israeli response to the Hamas attack has been disproportionate and going as far as to accuse Israel of war crimes. Not stopping there, Chappelle also accused the US of aiding and abetting the Israeli atrocities thanks to their full-throated support fo the nation. The comments led several audience members to leave the show early, according to sources who spoke with TMZ.

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Biggie Initially Refused To Do “Big Poppa,” Nashiem Myrik Recalls

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Nashiem Myrik, a member of Diddy’s Bad Boy production team, The Hitmen, says that The Notorious B.I.G. initially didn’t like “Juicy” and “Big Poppa” from his debut album, Ready To Die. The two singles went on to be among the most iconic songs from the late legendary discography. Myrik recalled the making of the tracks and Biggie’s hesitancy to do them during the premiere of Angie Martinez’s Iconic Records visual podcast series.

“Big didn’t want to do certain songs, like ‘Big Poppa.’ He didn’t like that record. ‘Juicy?’ He didn’t like that record [either],” he said on the show. “He [just] didn’t want to do them records, but Puff knew he needed singles, and those were them.”

The Notorious B.I.G. At The Billboard Music Awards

American rapper Notorious BIG (born Christopher Wallace) attends the 1995 Billboard Music Awards, New York, New York, December 6, 1995. (Photo by Larry Busacca/WireImage)

When Biggie “refused to do it,” Diddy suggested giving the beat, which Myrick created with Chucky Thompson, to the Lost Boyz. Eventually, Myrick says he was able to get the beat back and traded it for the beat that would be used in the Lost Boyz’s “Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz” from their album, Legal Drug Money.

For Iconic Records, Martinez interviewed 25 subjects over the course of five days to not only discuss his final album, Life After Death, but also the career and legacy of the late rapper. Guests for the series include Lil Cease, Fat Joe, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Too $hort, and more. “I’ve pivoted in my career. At this point, I want to do things that I’m truly passionate about… Things that I want to leave on the table,” Martinez told Billboard in April. “Celebrating B.I.G. and 25 years of this album in a different way was exciting. That’s because some of the people we talked to weren’t the traditional people we see or hear from and who had different types of viewpoints on him.” Iconic Records is available on the WMX Hip Hop channel on The Roku Channel. Check out the latest episode below.

Nashiem Myrik On “Iconic Records”

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