I was raised in Hollywood and knew, from as early as grammar school, classmates who were in the business.
CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.
When I first met Big, we were both at a 'Bad Boy' family photo shoot. I was kind of familiar with the name Biggie Smalls, but I really wasn't that much into hip-hop at the time, so I really didn't know that was him. He said he didn't even know I was an artist on 'Bad Boy.'

