The D.O.C. says that The Notorious B.I.G.’s humility is what sets him apart from other great artists. He recalled meeting the late rapper during a recent appearance on Ambrosia For Head‘s What’s The Headline podcast.
“I got mad at Biggie Smalls ’cause I could hear where I was gonna go,” The D.O.C. began. “When he first came [out], I could hear where I wanted to go, and couldn’t do it. So it made me be angry with him—before I met him.”
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Biggie At The Billboard Music Awards
He continued: “But when I met him, he was such a genuine dude. He asked me to take a picture with him, and he was so fuckin’ humble. And I was like, how can you hate a dude like that? Ever since then, he’s been my No. 1, really. We were in Chicago at something. It was Saafir, and Craig Mack, and Smalls, and myself. And he was just a cool dude, man.”
The comments come as Warner Music Group is releasing a visual podcast series, Iconic Records. The first season focuses on The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1997 album, Life After Death.
The D.O.C. On Biggie’s Greatness
The D.O.C. has an iconic career of his own. Nelly recently picked him over The Notorious B.I.G. as the greatest “What If?” in hip-hop history. He explained why during a video on Instagram. “Listen, I know a lot of people got they own opinions about Hip hop but the biggest what if in Hip Hop has to be The D.O.C.,” he said at the time. “It has to be. The D.O.C. has to be the biggest what if in Hip Hop history. Like if you know anything about Hip Hop and you research it [… ] I love all my young n***as, I don’t knock y’all. I support all my young brothers but the biggest what if has to be D.O.C. One album — that’s all you got. One album. I would say Biggie but Biggie at least got off two albums and we all recognize him as being one of the greatest but the biggest what if is The D.O.C. n***a. Do your research.”
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