One of the quickest ways to draw a rapper’s wrath is to have equipment malfunctions mess up their stage show. The late Notorious B.I.G. and Big Kap found themselves in that situation years ago when they performed at KMEL’s 1995 Summerjam. The weather was so hot in Cali for this outdoor event that the actual vinyl records were melting on the turntables. This caused nearly every one of Biggie’s instrumentals to become warped and fizzle out. Biggie recognized this and sought to lighten the mood with some jovial jabs at his DJ, including tossing a water bottle at him. Kap recalled how they shared a laugh back at the hotel.
I’m throwing the records and it’s like, alright, cool we’re going through it. But it’s so hot the heat is actually warping the records. The records is melting! So the records are warping right before me and it’s just like woooommp. And Big looking at me. We had this thing like, every time you make a mistake on stage during the show, you get fined $100. So during the show, Big heard the first womp, and he was like “A hundred dollars!” The record is crumbling up right before my eyes.
So, I go to Big’s room, and I knock on the door. And then he opens the door laughing! And he got a bunch of girls in the room! I’m bashful and I’m like, Yo, I’m sorry, I apologize for all that. He was like, “Man, I knew! I saw those records. I knew it was the sun and all that. But I couldn’t let them think that it was me out there messing up!
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