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As with all the other rappers I've worked with, Biggie and I shared common ground. Even though Biggie grew up in Brooklyn and I grew up in Chicago, we came from the same 'hood.

— R. Kelly

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Biggie is my favorite rapper, for sure. No other artist has impacted me that much.

— Pusha T

Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.

— R. Kelly

I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?

— Suge Knight

When I first met Big, we were both at a 'Bad Boy' family photo shoot. I was kind of familiar with the name Biggie Smalls, but I really wasn't that much into hip-hop at the time, so I really didn't know that was him. He said he didn't even know I was an artist on 'Bad Boy.'

— Faith Evans

The more I got into my artistry, I got a bigger responsibility: the kids in Chicago, they look up to the rappers. We influence them.

— Tink

I started off as a rapper from Thunder Bay, Ontario, believe it or not. There was a little group of 10 or 12 of us that would get together and copy each other's cassettes. So I was a rapper first, and it was that music that got me into this great entertainment world and got me out of Thunder Bay.

— Kevin Durand

Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.

— Nas

When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.

— Ice T

✗Opposing Perspectives

As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.

— Ja Rule

Biggie was the King Of New York as a rapper. There's a lot more dangerous guys than Biggie Smalls out there, you know what I'm saying? John Gotti was way closer to King Of New York than him.

— Jay-Z