He talked about mental health, suicidal thoughts, all these dark topics that get brushed under the rug Black families don’t really talk about. He talked about her having breast cancer. My dad was very vocal about all these things. My youngest brother Ryder was the main inspiration, as well as my grandma battling breast cancer.
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Other than that, it was totally free and clear which was really cool. Obviously not using his voice that’s the main barrier we had to play with. It was really a fun project to be a part of, and not have any barriers we had to work through. Willie Mack, CJ Wallace Courtesy of Willie Mack That sounds fun! To have a grown man who we met in the past couple years totally understand how we work, how we flow, gives you that creative freedom. Me and my brother, we’ve been making music since we’re 8. When it came to the music, it was click click. was focused on the medicinal side as well as the recreational. … Cannabis has always been that one thing, building the advocacy side and making sure Think B.I.G.
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We met in May 2018, that whole summer we went into a rabbit hole of me trying to understand what I wanted to build a career around - other than the things we’ve already established: acting, music, other personal stuff. He definitely keeps me motivated creatively. What’s your relationship with Willie Mack? What did you both add to the record? We want to be at Coachella, the festivals. It felt like the perfect time, even though it’s not the perfect time. We all needed to release and dance, get away from all the madness. It’s something you can do at home, it made the most sense. Jonathan was in his studio in Kentucky, we’re in our studio in Silver Lake on FaceTime with him, up late nights, going over the tracks. Music’s the one thing we could be in control of creatively. Distribution slowed down as soon as COVID hit. A lot of people we’re potentially working on collaborating with, their manufacturing facilities slowed down. Why this year to finally drop music?ĬOVID, really. It doesn’t have to be hip-hop or the raw s-, it can be whatever we want it to be. That made me realize, okay, he could live in a whole other genre. We’ve made different types of house-style records, but the only time I’ve heard Biggie’s songs remixed were Miley Cyrus “Party In The USA” remixed with “Party & Bulls-.” One of the dopest tracks nobody gives it the credit it deserves. But appreciating other genres - my brother’s a DJ, we both do music and write together and go crazy listening to Disclosure - we love everything, it was a creative idea we always wanted to do. Hip-hop and R&B is in our blood, in our family. I wanted to ask where that love for dance music came from you wouldn’t expect that.Įxactly. My love for house has grown in the past few years. I always wanted to be part of my dad’s music somehow this seemed the right way. Told them if we’re part of it, it could really be something bigger than what we could imagine. They came to us with the idea of recreating Biggie’s music as house and techno. and Rakim’s album “Follow the Leader” reimagined as jazz.
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We met with Jonathan and Sarah from R.U.S.H.
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I always wanted to stay away from it unless it’s something creative and out of the ordinary. Me especially, it always seemed expected to immediately go in and try to recreate or make a new Biggie album. I always wanted to do music, but I wanted to stay away from my dad’s music at the same time, because you don’t want to mess up anything great. The original idea wasn’t to create music. When did you get the idea to create music under Biggie’s nickname, Frank White? Variety spoke with CJ at the Kandypens house in the Hollywood Hills about his love for dance music, taking on his father’s nickname Frank White, his favorite MCs and Biggie’s crown selling for $600,000 at auction.
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will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A portion of sales from the music will directly support Think B.I.G.’s ongoing fight for cannabis legalization and social justice reform.Ĭhristopher Wallace, the late New York rapper - best known for hit singles “Juicy,” “Hypnotize,” “Mo Money Mo Problems,” “Sky’s The Limit” - was murdered on March 9, 1997. as a boy in the 2009 film “Notorious.” “Ready To Dance” is a collection of house and dance music inspired by CJ, preserving the bridge between hip-hop and house music since its fruition in the 1970s. Music, to reimagine the music of his father in a brand new light - this after CJ played B.I.G. Creating music under the moniker Frank White, CJ reeled in Think B.I.G.’s Willie Mack, Jonathan Hay, and R.U.S.H. In addition to CJ’s passion for cannabis, he also recently released his new single, a house mix of Biggie’s classic 1994 hit “Big Poppa,” which won a Grammy for best rap solo performance.