Nothing is so warm and inviting, yet so challenging and poignant, as a powerful, real-life story told well.
"That was the very strong possibility rumor — that it was about Anthony Mason. You can find the song's full lyrics at Since "I Got A Story To Tell" came outbtw, we’ve had a couple of people tell us unequivocally biggie wasn’t talking about hubert davis.
But which Knicks player? Maybe it was another Knick who will one day be named — or remain anonymous forever. Here's the song — we'll summarize it below. Who was Biggie Smalls rapping about in his 1997 track "I Got A Story To Tell"?It was a New York Knicks player whose woman Biggie once knew quite intimately, if you believe the yarn he spun back in '97. In Biggie Smalls’s 1997 hit “I Got A Story to Tell,” the Brooklyn rapper mentions having, uh, relations with a female acquaintance of a New York Knicks player. Everyone has a story to tell. "It was about Anthony Mason, rest in peace," Fat Joe said. Now we have the closest thing yet to an answer. "Video: Full segment on Fat Joe + Story To Tell being about Anthony Mason Like the name of the show he made it on, Fat Joe's claim is highly questionable — but as close to the truth as we're likely ever to come. That very question has confounded music and sports fans alike for nearly 20 years. In "I Got A Story To Tell," Biggie raps about having relations with a woman who is also involved with a New York Knicks player. Jones and Dan Le Batard had the New York rapper Fat Joe on their ESPN show Jones and Le Batard asked Fat Joe if he knew the identity of the Knick allegedly featured in "I Got A Story To Tell". But when the player shows up while he’s is … Maybe …
If you need to refresh your memory about what exactly happened to Mason, you can In Biggie Smalls’s 1997 hit “I Got A Story to Tell,” the Brooklyn rapper mentions having, uh, relations with a female acquaintance of a New York Knicks player.The mystery of who the player Biggie was rapping about has been unsolved for years, despite the efforts of Dan Le Batard and Bomani Jones on their show Well, it appears Le Batard and Jones’ years-long investigation may finally be over.Fat Joe revealed the identity of the player on Monday, saying the song was about Knicks legend Anthony Mason.Is the mystery over? A quick summary: The lyrics refer to the rapper having a tryst with a woman who also dates a Knick. take that for what it’s worth.Now fast forward to this Monday. First, let's back up for the uninitiated.
Fat Joe did say rappers can take creative license with their lyrics, but it appears we finally have an answer.
Around every corner there is a great story waiting to be discovered, lived, and retold, and people love to hear them. "What I heard was it was about Anthony Mason," Fat Joe added. (Side note: Mason Mason defends Scottie Pippen in 1994. Mason was a star on a run of good Knicks teams in the '90s. Nigga pulling mad G's out the floor Put stacks in a Prada knapsack, hit the door Grab the keys to the five, call my niggas on the cell "Bring some weed I got a story to tell" uh, uh Yo man, y'all niggas ain't gon' believe what the fuck happened to me Remember that bitch I left the club with, man? He died in March 2015 after suffering a heart attack.
Maybe it was Mason in "I Got A Story To Tell."
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