Is that what they are calling extortion as nowadays? "nikkas on his payroll?"
Both of them nikkas were getting extorted. It's just that Suge was along for the ride (because he had no choice) and Puff wasn't as willing.
What do you think would have happened if Suge just cut off and stopped paying nikkas? Exactly.
We call that extortion where I'm from, Buddy.
Meech speaks about Puff like he's his brother, after Puffs main goon got murked in Atlanta and Meech was a suspect, he told said he felt bad because of extortion rumors and shyt.
nikka was probably worth more money in cash than Puff and cats were saying that Meech was extorting him.
I think Puff/Bad Boy have been extorted once according to the rumors. But his friends, his brothers were just as deep as the people allegedly extorting him.
There's an old rumor from NY that Wu-tang and Roc-a-fella were the only people from NY not being extorted. That's where all this extortion shyt came from. The rumor I believe is that Puff got "extorted" cause had borrowed money to fund Bad Boy without a lot of label impact and paid it back with favors/money. I guess paying back a loan is extortion when it comes to hiphop though.
Puff's pop and his "uncles" were extremely deep , his main goon Wolf was extremely deep, one of the top pushers of BMF Poppa is his cousin, his Haitian nikkas were extremely deep, his man Andrew Campos acting capo with the Gambino's is his man since his teens and the list goes on. Puff is too connected by long ass relationships, blood and shyt. Cats like Suge dreamed of being like Puff to the point where their biggest expense was paying nikkas to be in the position Puff was in by real relationships.
Differense is Puff came up with real G's, he acts like he's the friendliest and coolest dude on earth just like any smart g. As long as cats who should know, knows. He's the inversion of a studio gangster.