Nas Claims A Rap Legend Scared Him With His Abilities

Big L was born on May 30, 1974, in New York City, began freestyling in his Harlem neighborhood when he was just 12, and quickly gained the prodigious rhyming skills he would become known for in rap battles and at house parties (according to Hip Hop Scriptures). In 1993, Columbia Records signed Big L to

Big L was born on May 30, 1974, in New York City, began freestyling in his Harlem neighborhood when he was just 12, and quickly gained the prodigious rhyming skills he would become known for in rap battles and at house parties (according to Hip Hop Scriptures). In 1993, Columbia Records signed Big L to a recording contract while he was still in high school, and released his debut album to critical fanfare in the underground rap scene in the U.S. and Europe, but with little commercial notice, per "Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide" and Bonafide.

Big L left Columbia the next year citing a lack of promotion and support and contemplated quitting the business, per "Hip Hop America." Instead, he teamed up with several other rappers, including Fat Joe and Lord Finesse, to form the supergroup D.I.T.C., founded his own label, Flamboyant Entertainment, and toured Europe, per Bonafide.

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