A long running New York hip hop mystery got a reported answer this week. Fat Joe appeared on ESPN’s Highly Questionable and said The Notorious B.I.G.’s song “I Got A Story To Tell” was about former Knicks forward Anthony Mason, according to TMZ and other outlets that covered the interview.
The song appears on Biggie’s 1997 album Life After Death. In it, the rapper tells a story about a night with a woman who was seeing a New York Knicks player, and how the evening took a turn when the player came home earlier than expected. Fans have debated for nearly 20 years which player, if any, inspired the tale.
Fat Joe, who was friends with both Biggie and Mason, seemed hesitant to name names at first. He then told the hosts that the song was about Mason. He was also careful to note that this was not firsthand knowledge. What I heard is that it was about Anthony Mason, that was the rumor,” Fat Joe said. He also suggested the story may have been stretched a bit for entertainment.
That makes this a rumor repeated by a friend of both men, not a confirmation. Mason passed away in 2015, and Biggie died in 1997, so neither can speak to what was real and what was storytelling. Whatever the truth is, the song remains one of the most talked about narratives in hip hop.
Press play on “I Got A Story To Tell” below and decide for yourself:
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Who’s the snake bit** that would f another dude is her boyfriends house. I hope he caught her lying a** if not hopefully karma got her….