Jay-z Spoke to Biggie an Hour Before The Rapper's Death

The husband of Beyonce Knowles reveals that the rapper known as Notorious B.I.G. told him 'he felt like he finally was back in Los Angeles and everything was where it was supposed to be'.
Jay-Z spoke with Notorious B.I.G. an hour before he was gunned down and killed. The two New York rappers were friends in the early 90s and Jay revealed he talked on the phone with the "Mo Money Mo Problems" rapper just hours before he was fatally shot in Los Angeles in 1997.

B.I.G., whose real name is Christopher Wallace but is also known as Biggie or Biggie Smalls, was embroiled in a bitter war between rappers from the East and West coasts of the U.S. at the time, which had started to spill over into gang related violence, and he is suspected of being gunned down by a gang member.

"He wasn't a troublemaker at all," Jay said when speaking about Biggie at the launch of his new book, "Decoded", at the New York Public Library. "He was just a funny, charismatic guy. For him to die so senselessly - I spoke to him that night, and he was so happy to be in Los Angeles, after the whole East Coast-West Coast thing."
"He felt like he finally was back in Los Angeles and everything was where it was supposed to be. He loved being in Los Angeles - and we see this happen in movies - when everything is just fine, and we hung up the phone, and one hour later, he's no longer with us."