“I started hanging out in the projects because I was dealing with this girl from there,” Griffin told me in 2020. Related Story The story behind Biggie Smalls’ hit single ‘One More Chance’ Read now Two Brooklyn guys named Jazz and Paul of Lafayette Gardens started OGB, and they brought Griffin into the fold around 1982. Griffin was the most recognizable member of the Old Gold Brothers (or OGB) - a homage to the malt liquor they all drank profusely. Griffin will be remembered in the annals of hip-hop history as the Notorious B.I.G.’s first DJ, but his story isn’t only about the legendary rapper. Yet, it’s also unfair to reduce Griffin’s contribution to just that one moment, because it doesn’t begin to tell the entire story. After all, upon meeting Wallace at 15, Griffin gave him a space to record and later passed his demo to his childhood friend Calvin LeBrun, who went by the name DJ Mister Cee, who gave it to Matteo “Matty C” Capoluongo, who ran The Source’s “Unsigned Hype” column. Accurate in the sense that it’s true - without Griffin, the world likely never would have met The Notorious B.I.G.
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Labeling Griffin as simply a DJ who put one of the most famous Brooklynites on the map is both accurate and unfair. Hours later, news of his death began to circulate online.
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For much of Saturday, Griffin posted pictures and videos of his adventure on Instagram. at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. On Friday, Griffin attended An Orchestral Tribute to The Notorious B.I.G.
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The cause of death has not yet been announced, but what makes the news particularly crushing is the timing. Griffin, 55 - who produced Wallace’s first demo tape and was instrumental in helping to kick off the rapper’s career - died over the weekend. If Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace was his own galaxy in the universe of hip-hop, Kevin “DJ 50 Grand” Griffin was his North Star. The Notorious B.I.G., “ Let Me Get Down” To my mothaf-ing man 50 Grand, the alcoholic man/ Inject a tall can in his bloodstream if he can …