R. Kelly claims he once moved Notorious B.I.G. to tears
In an excerpt from R. Kelly’s Soula Coaster: The Diary of Me obtained by Rolling Stone, R. Kelly’s I Believe I Can Fly had quite an impact on Biggie:
He came over to the piano, and I started to play it for him: “I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky . . .” but so far that’s all I had.
“I’m gonna tell you right now, B, that’s a smash. That’s a big hit right there. That’s a Grammy winner, Rob.”
When I was playing it for him, I was thinking – he’s a hardcore rapper; this is gonna be too soft for him – but when I got through and looked up, his face was wet with tears.
“My brother,” he said, “they gonna be playing that when you and I have moved on to the other side of time.”
via Vulture
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