Black Thought Clears the Air About That Beef with Biggie on 'Desus & Mero'

Back in the day, it looked like the Roots and Biggie had some major beef. However, as Black Thought explained on Desus & Mero Monday night, the group's relationship with the late rapper was simply made up of a bunch of wild misunderstandings.

Black Thought explained that it all started when he first thought the Notorious B.I.G. shaded the Roots in "Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)." But after calling Bad Boy Records, he learned he just misheard the lyrics. In fact, Biggie was actually a huge fan of the rap group all along.

Their pseudo-feud continued when the Roots released their iconic music video for "What They Do." In the video, they parodied a bunch of rap clichés at the time and directly poked fun at Biggie's "One More Chance." As Black Thought explained, B.I.G. was not enthused and released a veiled threat that while he might not come after the Roots, he "can't speak for the rest of Brooklyn." In the end, though, there were no true hard feelings between the hip-hop legends.

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