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Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

First thing Big said to me,"Man, you know, don't be promising me nothing, man.Don't be...

First thing Big said to me,
"Man, you know, don't be promising me nothing, man.
Don't be saying you're gonna do something if you can't do it." So I was like,
"Nah, I'mma send it to Matty, we gonna see what's gonna happen from there."

Full Transcript

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First thing Big said to me, "Man, you know,
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don't be promising me nothing, man. Don't be saying you're gonna do something
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if you can't do it."
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So I was like, "Nah, I'mma send it to Matty, we gonna see
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what's gonna happen from there."
Duration
13 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:06
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Submarine Entertainment,Bystorm Films

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Movie Summary

This documentary features rare footage filmed by Christopher Wallace's best friend, Damion "D-Roc" Butler, and interviews with his closest friends and family, revealing a side of Biggie Smalls that the world never knew.
In '91, '92, The Source was the Rolling Stone of hip-hop. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:05
In '91, '92, The Source was the Rolling Stone of h...
The "Unsigned Hype" was this column - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:06
The "Unsigned Hype" was this column
Artists that really had big success in the "Unsigned Hype," - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:07
Artists that really had big success in the "Unsigned Hy...
The first five, ten seconds of it - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:06
The first five, ten seconds of it
Matty was like, "Yo, we want to feature the demo in the "Unsigned Hype." - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:06
Matty was like, "Yo, we want to feature the demo in the...
I hired the photographer - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:11
I hired the photographer
It was a big deal. It was all over the neighborhood, everybody had the thing. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:04
It was a big deal. It was all over the neighborhood, everybo...
It's like, "Yo, you see Big in 'Unsigned'?" - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:06
It's like, "Yo, you see Big in...
I think that was the button that pushed to make him like, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:07
I think that was the button that pushed to make him like,
Maybe I can do it as a rapper." - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:11
Maybe I can do it as a rapper."
When I heard it, I was like, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:12
When I heard it, I was like,
This is one of the greatest MCs I've ever heard." - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:14
This is one of the greatest MCs I've ever heard."
He looked like he was just out in the street hustlin'. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:04
He looked like he was just out in the street hustlin'.
And I was just calling Mister Cee, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:06
And I was just calling Mister Cee,
I was from Harlem, I couldn't just go over the bridge - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:06
I was from Harlem, I couldn't just go over the bridge
You know, Harlem cats is always known as being the flashy, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:06
You know, Harlem cats is always known as being the flashy,
I didn't know the streets of Brooklyn. I knew the streets of Harlem. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:04
I didn't know the streets of Brooklyn. I knew the stree...
Nobody went to Bed-Stuy 'cause you was just gonna get robbed. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:04
Nobody went to Bed-Stuy 'cause you was just gonna get r...
The first meeting was with me, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:07
The first meeting was with me,
No sooner do we sit down, Puff asked Big to kick a rhyme. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 00:05
No sooner do we sit down, Puff asked Big to kick a rhyme.