We’d record a show and bring it back to London for Capital Radio, the station I was on at the time, then I joined BBC Radio 1, and now I’m back on Capital Xtra. So I used to go to New York to do a show with Funkmaster Flex once a month, the Rap Exchange, and I was in New York every couple of weeks. They have records to promote and stuff like that. Because once an artist becomes a superstar, it’s not as easy for them to go to those hood spots and be out there like that. This was just before it happened for him. He was always up at Hot 97 and he was always in The Tunnel. Around then, it was just at the very beginning of his career – he wasn’t a superstar so he wasn’t under the pressure of being a superstar. I met him after the show, that was the first time I linked with him. Tim Westwood: I remember the first time I saw him perform was when he had the song ‘Party & Bullshit’ out. HipHopDX: Where and when did you first meet Notorious B.I.G.? In an exclusive conversation with HipHopDX, legendary London Hip Hop DJ Tim Westwood tells all he can possibly remember about The Black Frank White.
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