New Book Reveals Biggie Wanted Tupac To Replace Puffy As Manager


Way before “Hit ‘Em Up” ever came to his mind, Tupac allegedly mentored Notorious B.I.G. as he was starting a regional, fledgling rap career. An interview on the “Murder Master Music Show,” author Ben Westhoff said he has all the details on the early relationship between the West Coast and East Coast legends and says that early in his career Biggie asked Tupac to be his manager. The information was part of Westhoff’s findings in his new book, Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap.  “People forget that Tupac was already blowing up, already a pretty big star when Biggie was just kind of getting started,” he says. “Tupac kind of took Biggie under his wing and tried to teach him everything he knew, kind of took him to school. Biggie’s career wasn’t taking off as fast as he hoped it would. And so he actually asked Tupac if he would be his manager, and Tupac said, ‘No I think you should stick with Puffy and he’ll get you where you need to be.’”  The rest is history.  The book is set for a September 13th release.  


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