My favorite neighborhood interviews from this year include alien talk, admitting to using a ghostwriter, controversial figures having controversial rants, the making of legendary hip hop tracks and opening up about losing loved ones. “Don’t believe me, just watch…”

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Nardwuar does it again! In his most recent interview, he talks to Big Sean in Vancouver, BC and gifts him with old school Detroit records, a Biggie doll and they even talk about the G.O.O.D music’s high school years. Watch the funny interview below.

LOL at the awkwardness at the end.
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Yesterday, Nas swung by Big Boy’s Neighborhood to talk about Life is Good, and even gave the crew a mini performance of his first written rhyme from age 8. Today, Nas is back and gives us an insight on his writing process and songs he wishes he wrote. Aside from that, he talks about his relationship with Amy Winehouse and the original concept for Cherry Wine, and speaks on advice from Biggie.

Watch below as Big Boy also asks his notorious Raft Question. If Nas was on raft… in the middle of the ocean… and could only save one rapper… Jay-Z or Kanye West… who would he save?

Appreciated

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I’m actually not surprised that 15 years post his passing, Biggie still has a heavy influence in the music industry. On Friday at Lil Cease and Faith Evans’ tribute to B.I.G in NYC, Cease, Maino and Uncle Murda squashed their decades-old beef and jumped on stage together. That’s huge!

I also had the pleasure of interviewing Cease A Leo *Biggie voice* yesterday – he opened up as to why he thought Lil Kim didn’t show up to the party, and who Biggie woulda loved to work with if he was still alive. See more HERE.

Detective Greg Kading says that key documents have been concealed.

In his upcoming book Murder Rap, due October 4th, former LAPD Homicide Detective Greg Kading claims that the police department has “extensive tapes and documents” with confessions from those involved in the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.

According to LA Weekly, Kading was cut from the case right when he was approaching closing the file. An informant told Kading that he was offered $1 million to kill Tupac and Suge Knight, and that Sean “Diddy” Combs commissioned ‘Pac’s murder in September 1996.

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LIL KIM IS FURIOUS ABOUT HER PORTRAYAL IN NOTORIOUS(BIG BOYS NEIGHBORHOOD) from qdeezy on Vimeo.

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