Dike-O (a little older than Biggie, from the same area, Maino's relative/business partner, he got Executive Producer credits on Maino 1st 2 albums while serving a 10 year drug bid) told me one day while we were walking the track in the penitentiary, pretty much the premise of this thread.
Welcome home to my brother Dike-O. Finally home after 9yrs. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for this man rite here
Not on no disrespect shyt, just keeping it a buck w me. We rarely ever talked rap, he never knew I rhymed, he just fukked wit me off hearing about work I was putting in, so this was just a random convo early in the morning.
He said that, and the Pro-Black, organized gangsta shyt Pac was on, is what he & Main gravitated to, more so than Biggie during the beef, which explains this:
No shade, all facts. And I prefer BIG over Pac music any day of the week & put him in my Top 5.