“All the sudden everybody started chattering and saying ‘Go! Go to the field house! There’s going to be a concert there.’ I had no idea who was performing. “It was just one quiet afternoon in November,” Hlibrok told WUSA9 via an interpreter. As he soared among the pop stratosphere with Purple Rain boasting nearly $70 million at the box office and a chart-topping soundtrack, the unparalleled artist made a 1984 tour stop at one of the largest deaf institutions in the country, Gallaudet University. Like Oscar-winning films The Sound of Metal and CODA, late legend Prince also proved the transcendent power of music. Prince performs at one of the largest deaf universities in the country during his Purple Rain tour. Rest in peace to 2pac, rest in peace to Biggie.” “We always had ciphers and rapped with each other, so it was very natural. Just out there having fun, having a good time,” he stated. “They say that’s the greatest freestyle ever. Shyheim still fondly remembers the once-in-a-lifetime performance by the rap demigods. The freestyle was eventually transferred to vinyl and continues to be heralded as one of the greatest nights in hip-hop history. So we brought all those rappers out, got them on and off and was able to do our hits within a 10-minute time frame.” Shyheim came out-that’s when he had ‘ On and On’ out. “The funny thing about that day is that when you hear the performance, you hear Biggie, you hear 2pac, but we also brought out Fat Joe that night,” he continued. Mister Cee went on to divulge a list of other MCs who rocked the crowd within a brief period of time. He was like, ‘Nah, it’s a union thing,’ but he finally let me record.” “The sound guy, I begged and pleaded with him to let me record. “I always had a habit of recording me and Kane’s live performances, especially when I knew different rappers were gonna come on,” he said.
In an interview with HipHopDX, the DJ also revealed that he made it a priority to capture the momentous occasion on a 120-minute cassette, though it did take some coaxing. We just brought all of them onstage, and the magic happened,” Cee continued. Hyping up the crowd over thundering bass, Biggie Smalls delivered his classic “ Where Brooklyn at?” freestyle before Pac followed with an equally razor-sharp verse. I think Patti LaBelle was on the show, Tony! Toni! Toné!. “It was a concert me and Kane did back in 1993 at Madison Square Garden,” he stated. Now both etched into pop culture, the fallen rappers not only shared a mutual respect for each other, but also surprisingly shared the MSG stage with R&B veteran Patti LaBelle and Fat Joe.īig Daddy Kane cohort DJ Mister Cee reminisced about the historic night with MTV. Years before they succumbed to the infamous East Coast/West Coast rivalry, Tupac Shakur was often heard playing The Notorious B.I.G.’s early single “Party and Bullshit” on the set of Poetic Justice. spit a legendary freestyle together at a 1993 Madison Square Garden concert.