Thirteen years later, the 1997 murder of the Notorious B.I.G. remains a controversial issue shrouded in mystery and rumor, and in a recent interview with DJ Vlad, Sheek Louch from hit hip-hop group The Lox explained how Biggie saved their lives on the night that he was murdered.
"I remember that whole sh*t, when we were at that [VIBE] party, came downstairs and sh*t and we were all about to get into that same car with B.I.G.," Sheek said. "B.I.G. said 'nah, I'm gonna go over here first and meet you at the [DJ] Clue party.' Clue had a party up the hill and told me, Kiss and Styles, 'don't get in this van.' I remember, he told us, 'don't get in the f*cking van. I guess I gotta go check something out.' After that, we had a little church van we were riding around with in L.A. -- boom, went up to the sh*t and seconds later, 'pop pop pop', all that sh*t took place. But I remember his exact words, 'don't get in here yet. I gotta go do something.' That's crazy." (Vlad TV)
“That’s crazy.” I don’t know what to make of it. From Sheek’s retelling, I want to stretch and say that it sounds as though Biggie had some sense of fate, as if he knew where he was going and what would happen. Eerie. I’m curious as to why Sheek would say this now rather than then, but then again, things like this have a way of sticking with someone before they can finally come out and say it. R.I.P. Biggie.
