Notorious B.I.G. - Who Shot Ya? (Music Video)

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"Who Shot Ya?" is a song by American rapper the Notorious B.I.G., also called Biggie Smalls, backed by Sean Combs as the "hype man". Puffy's emerging record label, Bad Boy Entertainment, released it on February 21, 1995, on an alternate reissue of Biggie's single "Big Poppa/Warning," out since December 5, 1994. While this 1994 release climbed the Billboard Hot 100, its new B side "Who Shot Ya"-now Biggie's "most infamous classic," with an instrumental now iconic-revised some vocals of a "Who Shot Ya" track, rapped by Biggie and Keith Murray, already issued on a mixtape from a Harlem DJ earlier in 1995. Recalled as "menacing magic" that helps "define New York rap," "Who Shot Ya" was "controversial and hugely influential." Widely interpreted as a taunt at 2Pac, the single provoked a "rap battle" between the two rappers, formerly friends. Biggie, when interviewed, explained his "Who Shot Ya" lyrics as portraying a rivalry between drug dealers. Sharing the mixtape track's instrumental, the single replaces the Murray verse with a second Biggie verse, and expands Puffy's "hype man" vocals. Beyond a synthesized kick drum added, the instrumental is simply a sample that "chillingly" loops a portion of soul singer David Porter's 1971 song "I'm Afraid the Masquerade is Over," from the album Victim of the Joke? An Opera. A "snippet" of the mixtape track, but Murray's verse, plays in "K. Murry Interlude," a brief skit on Uptown Records singer Mary J Blige's R&B album My Life, coproduced by Puffy, released on November 29, 1994. That day, James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond, managing an Uptown Records rapper, booked Tupac to record a cameo. Reaching the studio's Times Square building lobby, Tupac was shot resisting robbery by waiting gunmen. Tupac instantly blamed Rosemond, and soon suspected privity by Puffy and Biggie. Once a January jailhouse interview of Tupac, hinting the suspicions, was read in Vibe magazine's April issue, "Who Shot Ya" intervening, "the industry rumor mill was churning." The central persons all disputed Tupac's portrayal, and Biggie called "crazy" the rumors blaming him via "Who Shot Ya" lyrics. Either way, the single's timing was suspect. Out of prison, Tupac answered in June 1996 by the B side "Hit 'Em Up" -accusing and menacing Biggie and Puffy by name-which legendary "diss track" inflamed the rap community's East/West rivalry to its peak. In Vibe, then, Puffy denied any aggression at Tupac, and Biggie called "Who Shot Ya" initially "the intro to that shit Keith Murray was doing on Mary J Blige's joint." Biggie's puzzling explanation indirectly spotlit Puffy's vocals, shouting East Coast, motherfucker!. Tupac's fatal shooting in September 1996 and Biggie's in March 1997, both officially unresolved, drew speculations partly blaming the "rap battle." Biggie and studio associates who witnessed his "Who Shot Ya" recording have unanimously disputed that it, or Biggie's "saying that phrase," targeted Tupac. Nashiem Myrick, the main producer, avowed "no reason, no motive, at all, to have set 'Pac up," a query tied to the song. It was reissued in 1999 on the posthumous Biggie album Born Again, in 2001 on a "Big Poppa/Warning" reissue with remixes, in 2004 on a remaster of his 1994 or debut album Ready to Die, and in 2007 on his compilation album Greatest Hits. In 2014, the mixtape version, key inspiration to rapper Jay-Z in 1995, drew renewed notice. Rock band Living Colour's music video to a 2016 cover version protests gun violence. Who Shot Ya? is now a trope beyond music. Lyrics: [Intro: Puffy & The Notorious B.I.G.] As we proceed to give you what you need (Uh) 9-5, motherfuckers Get live, motherfuckers As we proceed to give you what you need 9-5, motherfuckers Get live, motherfuckers (Now turn the mics up) As we proceed to give you what you need (Turn that mic up) (Yeah, that beat is knocking, I need that mic up, though) (Turn that shit the fuck up) East Coast, motherfuckers (Uh, what?) Bad Boy, motherfuckers (Turn it up louder, yeah, uh) As we proceed to give you what you need J.M., motherfuckers J.M., motherfuckers (Uh) 9-5, motherfuckers (Uh) [Verse 1: The Notorious B.I.G.] Who shot ya? Separate the weak from the obsolete Hard to creep them Brooklyn streets It's on, nigga, fuck all that bickerin' beef I can hear sweat tricklin' down your cheek Your heartbeat sound like Sasquatch feet Thunderin', shakin' the concrete Then the shit stop when I foil the plot Neighbors call the cops, said they heard mad shots Saw me in the drop, three and a quarter Slaughter, electrical tape around your daughter Old school, new school need to learn though I burn, baby, burn, like "Disco Inferno" Burn slow like blunts with yayo Peel more skins than Idaho Potato Niggas know; the lyrical molesting is taking place Fucking with B.I.G., it ain't safe I make your skin chafe, rashes on them asses Bumps and bruises, blunts and Land Cruisers Big Poppa smash fools, bash fools Niggas mad because I know that cash rules Everything around me, two Glock nines Any motherfucker whispering about mines (And I'm) And I'm Crooklyn's finest (Crooklyn's finest) You rewind this, Bad Boy's behind this (Bad Boy's behind this) [Interlude: Puffy & The Notorious B.I.G.] As we proceed to give you what you need (What?) 9-5, motherfuckers (What?) Get live, motherfuckers As we proceed to give you what you need (What?) East Coast, motherfuckers Bad Boy, motherfuckers Get high, motherfuckers Get high, motherfuckers (Uh, uh) Smoke blunts, motherfuckers (Uh) Get high, motherfuckers (9-5, uh) Ready to die, motherfuckers (Uh) 9-5, motherfuckers (Uh) [Verse 2: The Notorious B.I.G.] I seen the light excite all the freaks Stack mad chips, spread love with my peeps Niggas wanna creep, gotta watch my back Think the Cognac and indo sack make me slack? I switches all that, cocksucker, G's up One false move, get Swiss cheesed up Clip to TEC, respect, I demand it Slip and break the 11th Commandment Thou shalt not fuck with nor see Poppa Feel a thousand deaths when I drop you I feel for you, like Chaka Khan, I'm the don Pussy when I want, Rolex on the arm You'll die slow but calm Recognize my face so there won't be no mistake So you know where to tell Jake, lame nigga Brave nigga, turned front page nigga Puff Daddy flips daily I smoke the blunts he sips on the Baileys On the rocks, tote Glocks at christenings Hammer cock, in the fire position and- [Interlude: The Notorious B.I.G.] Come here, come here (It ain't gotta be like that, B.I.G.) Open your fucking mouth, open your- Didn't I tell you don't fuck with me? (Come on, man) Huh? Didn't I tell you not to fuck with me? (Come on, man) Huh? (Come on, man) Look at you now, huh? (Come on, man) Can't talk with a gun in your mouth, huh? Bitch-ass nigga, what? Who shot ya? [Outro: Puffy & The Notorious B.I.G.] To give you what you need 9-5, motherfuckers Get live, motherfuckers Get high, motherfuckers (Who shot ya?) Ready to die, motherfuckers, hah! As we proceed (Who shot ya?) To give you what you need 9-5, motherfuckers East Coast, motherfucker (Who shot ya?) West Coast, motherfuckers (Uh) West Coast, motherfuckers, hah! As we proceed to give you what you need As we proceed to give you what you need (As we proceed to give you what you need) Get live, motherfuckers Get live, motherfuckers (Get live, motherfuckers) 9-5, motherfuckers (9-5, motherfuckers) Get money, motherfuckers As we proceed to give you what you need (As we proceed to give you what you need) Get live, motherfuckers (Get live, motherfuckers) 9-5, motherfuckers J.M., motherfuckers J.M., motherfuckers As we proceed To give you what you need 9-5 Support the Content via Cash App or Paypal: cash.app/$Sykopatheist www.paypal.me/SYKOPATH

[@toniahunter7009]

❤❤❤

[@juliaoko2208]

Thanks ❤️ for the lyrics. BIG was a genius.

[@Dris899]

🤓🤭😴

[@AgustinHalley]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@IllonaCampion]

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[@HispaniolaHistoryChannel]

1995 was a critical year in Hip hop and this track was the anthem in NYC

[@gwashington9422]

East coast

[@BlackmalestripperTEN]

Facts gen x

[@briankiser3227]

The most central year ever

[@brooklynguy8744]

Biggie and Tupac died way too young. R.I.P brothers.

[@juanpablotovar3372]

😂

[@roccord769]

@@juanpablotovar3372 ????

[@leonardosilvadacruz2530]

King of NY now and forever! R.I.P Biggie!

[@Ebahandle]

Good you called him King of NY, only

[@user-ck9lm6xi1o]

The wickedest, Brooklyn

[@juliaoko2208]

Proof ❤

[@Frankilo1900]

😂😂😂

[@aronpapp6302]

brooklyn is the illest biggie smalls biggie biggie biggie smalls is the illest

[@CorleonWilliams]

There will never be another notorious big 😢😢😢

[@Cubbie410]

Biggie’s son CJ exists

[@eulasboatwright191]

You're right but they did a good damn job memories

[@starr_love6196]

The 90’s and these artists can’t ever replaced , not all make such a mark & impact on so many ppl ..🔥

[@mirandabby22]

The beat goes so hard 🔥😭

[@0680lola]

Derek Luke bouncing around like Puff is hilarious! 😂

[@nunovurbiznis]

Tupac & Biggie. Two legends dead because of drama. RIP. Hope both are in heaven.

[@Thevamp1reking]

Yeah you’d never understand where that hatred really comes from. That’s what happens when you grow up in shit.

[@Рофлим-щ8т]

​@@Thevamp1rekingДля меня разницы нет, они погибли ни за что оба.

[@skepchica]

​@@Thevamp1rekingThat hit. 💯

[@Zlatirano]

I think biggies death is more governmental than because of drama but either way, RIP!

[@skepchica]

@@Zlatirano More Diddymental I think, but I get what you're saying.

[@teegreen3909]

Who shot ya was hard core no antics just straight G shid

[@gabrielM1111]

Listen to raekwons freestyle ro it

[@gabrielM1111]

Listen to raekwons freestyle to it

[@stephenstuckey]

Nah it wasn't all that. The beat went hard ngl. But anything Pac did was much more G and harder than anything Biggie did. Also, this is a movie scene, its not even an accurate depiction of what was said or done(if anything).

[@troyallen7522]

This song goes out to my favorite male cousin lost him a few days ago 😢this one of his favorites from Biggie rest easy cousin 💙💙💙🙏🏾🙏🏾🕊️🕊️

[@pierrebugblatter]

RIP 💙💙

[@reynaldoortiz9294]

30 years later this shit be bang the roof of the clubs every time they play it there's not one song made in the last 30 years today that can fuck with who shot ya period

[@gabrielM1111]

Eric b and rakim 7 minutes of madness is up there with who shot ya

[@Cqogpc]

Funny how Diddy try to make it seem like it wasn’t his idea 😂

[@ngonivere8738]

💯. Flip Diddi always twistin tha truth

[@Youtubefanclub28]

Badboy behind this

[@DanielaMonaco]

PUSS DIDDY

[@kat-92]

Fact. Funny how they always mention what puffy told them in his songs. I feel like its a contractual. Puffy must be mentioned. This is probably his only music video where Puffy isn't the 'Backup dancer trying to be the star'

[@nachteule9563]

Diddy ain't sshhhhh.....

[@LOCOSCLAN718]

The Greatest of All Time with just little time. Wow

[@markquiswest6607]

Despite the both East, and West Coast Beef! Both 2Pac, and Biggie Smalls are my favorite Rapers! I miss both of them 2 dearly!

[@josephndode4223]

Who Shot Ya is an absolute classic! The proof is always in the pudding! How many great rappers have done freestyles over this beat? How many have done same with Hit em up?

[@DeanDavisChan]

More than a Classic. El Classico Primero - Principalmente de Hip-Hop. Definition of the fine-art of Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop. Pinnacle. MASSIVE FLOW that is Timeless...

[@veryfine69]

There won’t be another beef like that again. Hip Hop can’t afford that kind of heat.

[@MyDogSteppedOnaBeee]

It was a skit on Mary J Blige album with Keith Murray before biggie made it a song look it up

[@robwilson2324]

​@@veryfine69Facts! That beef was so fucking thick, waves trickled out to us fans. When Hit Em Up first dropped, that one did it for me! Just knew some shit was gonna go down, that was as close as fans will ever feel like we were part of it. After Big & Pac got hit, the feeling was just gone, just like that! R.I.P.

[@francisavilez4435]

Jada Kiss.. Did

[@jaycompany4886]

The 🐐 B.I.G.

[@ericfranklin3065]

Actual Hypeness

[@barringtonedwards7008]

😂😂😂 RETARD..THIS WAS AFTER TUPAC GOT ROBBED. THIS WAS STUPID AND IT LED TO A BLACK ON BLACK WAR. RETARD

[@ReemoMr.UHearduHeard-hy4rt]

R.i.p. Big U Heard 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍

[@corvusglaive3805]

DAT FLOW IN ITSELF IS ICONIC! DAMN!

[@tiffanyprzybos2567]

I remember listening to this song all summer on hot 97. So many memories

[@chistinazsHotShizznitts]

R.I.P. my love ❤❤

[@harrylynnjr]

Man this video is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 🤜🏽💥🤛🏽

[@DaveM-g6f]

Biggie and Tupac are still my favorites rappers/lyricists of all time. Taken too soon RIP

[@bumpylump]

After all these years, I still get mad hyped and chills ready to get ill when I hear this here Biggie banger! Da 🐐 4 Life 💥

[@SincereFenton-yh1ft]

Heavy Hitter this joint right here still sends a chill to those living foul!!!!✌🏾 Sincere ✌🏾777

[@rtguns1055]

This never gets old to me

[@juniorngwenya7990]

This guy was too good, no rapper will ever come close

[@Haitianboykodak]

TURNED THAT SHIT TF UP !!!!!

[@franko1637]

NOTORIOUS B.I.G FOREVER SINCE ECUADOR 😮

[@kxfiel001]

Straight fire 🔥

[@tammywilliams7332]

Ppl got love 4r the west coast and east coast hip hop forever

[@biggiemakavelismalls299]

Biggie 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@SingularityGrooves]

So dope!!!!

[@johnteniteni8423]

RIP Notorious BIG ❤🙏🕊✝️🌹

[@MrHelloimyassin]

RIP biggie legend , we all miss you & Pac 2 . that was Raw talented young gifted but thye left behind legacy 2 follow kids .peace

[@rastapastamasta]

Greates of all time 🔥🔥

[@nelsonquinonesg6171]

Real 90”s

[@Kriish4_]

Que increíble ❤

[@d.y.bk-south4645]

Greatest

[@lilkr3w700]

Ever time when I listen to this music I turn it to 75x speed in slower version when biggie starts to rap ... 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@twingovfc]

The king 🙏🏾🕊️👑🐐

[@RayLuther-g6h]

How can people deny biggie Old School Forever

[@ashtonbradshaw5276]

rip biggie you were a dope😎 rapper you 2pac were it is sad you two became enmeys you guys are probley friends again in hevean😇

[@barringtonedwards7008]

😂😂 THESE DEMONS ARE NOT IN HEAVEN SILLY HUMAN...YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY KILLED WITH THIS DEATH MUSIC?

[@flashiezero9009]

@@barringtonedwards7008don’t listen to it then go listen to some Christian dons

[@elbamaidana2300]

Viva siempre big popa❤❤❤

[@Anubis-Acosta]

Classic...

[@johngoodson680]

I suddenly I felt an urge to hear this song again on July 13, 2024 at 6:15 pm eastern time.

[@AnDyWEENT]

it was Sep 15, 2024 at 9:17 for me

[@nitro662raw8]

8:40 am Oct 30th 2024 eastern time here fam💯

[@ladahladik-t5w]

Super poslouchám to od 92 ❤❤

[@diegoguimaraes5275]

Diretamente do brasil salve notoriuos big

[@christophertaitt-l6j]

Yea man one of the best in life again 😢

[@Xotanza]

BIG FOR LIFE BABY❤

[@DyslexicSolMusic]

I heard the jingle to this song many times, but I never checked out the full song till now.

[@realmusic2023]

So true!!! i miss you Biggie

[@msulman8930]

Yooooooo😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😎👍

[@tripodjohnson699]

Dope edit yo

[@Hardcorejotade]

El mejor de todos los tiempos. BARRAAAAAAASDSS!!!!

[@LawrenceRlll]

RIP!.... & Stay G'd Dupppp Kash.... Yair! ❤!

[@KvetaKakarova-um2zr]

Heart beat 's voor Sally depoortere ❤️☀️

[@Sandravalentine16]

Speak it bigg ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TonJravolta007]

These are the hardest lyrics ever recorded in the history of music. No one was better. R.I.P. Biggie.

[@tahaouhabi3520]

Facts

[@marinapetrova6139]

His flow hardest ever

[@derrickhatten597]

Facts

[@williamfallower2446]

I'm white and from Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom 🇬🇧 absolutely Love Hip Hop from the old Skool from 90s like PAC, Biggie, Snoop, Dre, Eezy E, NWA, 50, Eminem, especially all of them but why is Biggie not in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame yet. Hope Biggie Gets his he deserves it 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍

[@SeanpaulPreston181]

,,🇮🇪🍀😉G.mixs 17:31

[@terryakins2288]

This is a cold rap.

[@rexyumul1910]

DOPE

[@enzononterah9232]

AS WE PROCEED TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED.

[@williamgreene7870]

Rip big this this hot

[@MrGLites]

GOAT

[@chawankonjela8627]

The intro is hard😭

[@terrywatahi1203]

Rip biggy ❤❤❤

[@Valentin-b8i]

Big boss ❤

[@louverture-dessalinespetio7781]

Gimme the loot is an ill song, The crowd was tripping that night.

[@benknighten2736]

They were in California at the height of the beef

[@Allnurbusiness]

Coldest shit to ever cross the bridge!

[@LedwinLowenskys]

If you made your enemy believe you're friendly you made pray to stay on your safe side

[@MikeRaposa-fg5fe]

RIP to the 🐐

[@DuranGovender-t5m]

Big rocks

[@mhayaelli-sx2tk]

Big 🔥💪 Big you king 👑💪👑💪

[@negaless1144]

How well said

[@mustaphalaminugana4361]

The song that triggered rivalry in the history of Hip hop

[@gabrielM1111]

Finest rap instrumental ever created. Rap's finest have all spit gems to it. Listen to raekwons if u haven't. Its insane

[@EmilioRenteria-xk6uy]

As we proceed 😂to give you what you need rip yours song will be eternal 2024 and beyond 🎉

[@elicordero4019]

Doing the puffy dance.

[@AllOne-rg3ce]

Big poppa from moroccain ❤

[@MartinsAgbo]

Good song can't stop listening to this track till dates. But this is the same shit that really push the whole shit. This track motivated him to go that Westside trip. Then he was killed.

[@laquitagilmer5656]

Fucking with BIG ain't safe! 🔥🔥🔥

[@anthonythervil1448]

That shit go hard🔥❤‍🔥🔥

[@Ovais_Siddiqui]

There is no actor who can replicate Biggies aura. Not even close.

[@jpdude7274]

The beginning of west east battle of the 90s good times I’ll tell ya

[@telgidiocovane]

Big up biggie

[@solomonizeson]

Puff ni balaaa hii corus alitunga jukwaaani

[@Ermal.officiel]

Yesshh 🎉🎉

[@KvetaKakarova-um2zr]

Thanks MAN 🔥 normal mijn schoo broer dacht ik ging eraan MAN ik ga chery blindmaken

[@HighRISK666-1]

What a hard beat, what a song!!!.....who shot ya pac???💥⚡☠️

[@OusmaneWallace]

Nann wonderful 💪💪💪

[@NeptuneOBembry4]

I call it Cash picks the work , placement answer connects in achievement. Education delivers all witness.

[@Andy-tp7tu]

He only speaking truth fuck sake 🎉

[@tammywilliams7332]

2 great talents cut down in there prime!! Death row records forever, 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@EdsoncarlosBuzzinarodosSan-b8g]

Nois pequenos unidos somos mais fuertes grandes

[@igormijatovic5127]

KING of NY 💪

[@plescanmihai7619]

Chills on this song

[@AllOne-rg3ce]

Biggie❤❤❤❤

[@nelsonquinonesg6171]

The one and only king of NY Rip BIGGIE

[@brucedeveas1322]

This song got him hit