Shaq’s traditional with Biggie is lastly accessible on streaming companies. The information was damaged by FakeShoreDrive on X earlier this week, and the Corridor of Fame large man confirmed the information Thursday afternoon (June 13).
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The yr is 1996 and Shaquille O’Neal and the Infamous B.I.G. are two of the largest figures of their respective fields. Shaq was getting into the final yr of his take care of the Orlando Magic earlier than he headed west to the Los Angeles Lakers on the finish of the 1995-1996 season. Biggie was on the brink of launch his sophomore album, Life After Demise, whereas within the throws of a beef with 2Pac. Large name-dropped the NBA participant on the track “Gimme the Loot” off his debut album, Able to Die, and the 2 had a mutual respect for one another ever since.
Final yr Shaq — who makes music below the moniker DJ Diesel — was on Drink Champs and revealed he requested Biggie to re-record the primary verse as a result of it was too express. “The primary verse — I’m the one one which acquired it, I’ll by no means play it — he went off,” he advised N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. “And I d–n close to had a tear in my eye as a result of I needed to press that button. I used to be like, ‘Uh, Large.’ He stated, ‘Yeah, yeah for the children, for the children. My dangerous, Diesel after which he did the verse you heard.”
“You Can’t Cease the Reign” is the lead single of O’Neal’s third studio album of the identical identify, and there are a number of variations of the track. The official music video options three totally different Shaq verses minus Large, a bridge earlier than the second verse, and reminds us how a lot we miss the period of when large price range movies had been mini motion pictures. Shaq goes full motion star on this factor. He’s having futuristic roundtable conferences and getting chased by army choppers and guys on filth bikes.
Shaq continues to be doing his factor music smart, and continues to be good with the raps with some saying he had the very best verse on the “Shaq & Kobe (Remix)” posse lower alongside Rick Ross, Meek Mill and Dame D.O.L.L.A.
You may stream “You Can’t Cease the Reign” right here.
