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A forgotten performance by the late Biggie Smalls. This was originally aired on the Jon Stewart show.

The quality of this video was caused by many years of dust and EP mode didn’t help either.

This show was amazing. I know this tour went through the whole US and Fashion even wrote a whole track about it when he did his solo Al Tariq album. The track was called Think Not off the God Connections album, and the tour featured Beatnuts, Artifacts, Organized Konfusion, and Common Sense.

By the time it reached here, it was Beatnuts(minus Juju), Common Sense, Boogiemonsters, and Troubleneck Brothers.

Still an ill show, but Juju not being there was the wack shit. They actually had a dude on stage kicking his verses…you’ll see him in the clip. No mention was made of why he wasn’t there but suffice it to say he was missed.

Anyways, here’s a clip of some interview footy with Les and Fashion and some concert footage thrown in too. I have more of this interview and footage coming, so stay tuned.

This footage might actually be from 94. Like March/April 1994 to be exact. I’m in this crowd, dolo and a mixture of elated and shook because this crowd and the dudes outside robbing cats for tickets, etc were not a joke.

This venue was the sketchiest, borderline illegal spot I’ve ever been to. Shocking that no one got capped or stabbed that night.

Who knew Hiero had such a following of thugs? Maybe these dudes were just coming to rob people? Either way, shit was not sweet in Downtown Toronto at this time.