The Notorious B.I.G. famously dissed Xscape on his 1994 single, “Just Playing (Dreams).”
In the song’s second verse, the late rapper said, “I’ll fuck RuPaul before I fuck them ugly-ass Xscape bitches.” The jab at the girl group didn’t sit well with them, but according to group member Tiny, Biggie Smalls had the opportunity to make amends before his death.
Tiny and her fellow Xscape members appeared on a new episode of The Morning Hustle, where Tiny revealed how Biggie said apologized at a party.
“Somebody came—I don’t know if it was Diddy—somebody came and said Biggie wanna speak to y’all,” Tiny said at around the 8:00 minute mark. “I was just like, ‘I’m going to see what he’s talking about.’ And you know, he was very nice, he was very apologetic and he basically said, ‘I don’t know what I was thinking. Look, I’m ugly—I’m ugly as hell. Y’all is beautiful, and I just wanted to say I apologize.’”
Tiny also said that he ended up passing away “probably like 20, 30 minutes after” they spoke.
Big died on March 9, 1997, in a drive-by shooting following a Soul Train Awards afterparty in Los Angeles. He was shot four times and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. He was only 24 years old.
“Just Playing (Dreams)” arrived in 1994 as a promotional single for his debut album, Ready to Die. It never appeared on the original album, but was later included in the 2004 remastered version.
Xscape released three albums during the height of their career. The group let loose their first album, Hummin’ Comin’ at ‘Cha in 1993, Off the Hook in 1995, and Traces of My Lipstick in 1998. All three albums are RIAA-certified platinum.
