Former Making the Band artist, Chopper, recalls his own experience where Diddy expressed his hatred towards Tupac Shakur.
The infamous 90s beef between Tupac Shakur and Bad Boy records is forever engraved into hip hop history. The dislike between the two sides, which ultimately involved Death Row records and various New York rappers, was quite evident.
After the loss of Tupac and Biggie Smalls, many found themselves looking for a change, but the hard feelings amongst the two sides still existed.
For Diddy it was no different. His hatred for Tupac was not well kept secret. Confirming Diddy’s hate for Tupac was witnessed by those around him. Including rap artist Chopper.
Chopper’s confirmation came when Diddy refused to speak to him for more than 4 days after mentioning Tupac as one of his childhood favorites.
“I remember one time he was like, ‘Who did you grow up listening to?’ I’m like Tupac. I ain’t mention Biggie. That n**** didn’t even talk to me for four f***ing days after that,” explained Chopper on The Art of Dialogue. “You couldn’t say ‘Pac was anything better than Biggie. You couldn’t put them in the same realm or nothing. It was all about Biggie.”
Chopper first came onto the scene during MTV’s Making The Band 2 back in the early 2000s. The series helped to create Diddy’s Da Band which featured Chopper aka Young City.
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“I didn’t know it was all a dream, whole song. I knew a couple of words. The first verse maybe. He made us recite the whole f****** thing,” added Chopper. “And I don’t think Biggie would have gave a f*** if a n**** would have cared about reciting his whole thing.”
Along with Diddy having cast members recite Biggie’s Juicy word for word, who can forget when he had them all walk to Juniors in downtown Brooklyn all for a piece of cheesecake.
Despite not knowing Biggie’s Juicy word for word, Chopper still had respect for the Brooklyn artist. According to Chopper, he felt more connected to Tupac. “‘Pac made me feel a different way.”
“Around by way I have seen n***** cry, n***** go to war. I have seen all of that s*** off of ‘Pac’s influence. I’m like damn this n**** ‘Pac is the best,” said Chopper.
