“Mikey was biting so hard he bit the dog. “So the day that they was going to go to Roc-A-Fella Records, Murder Mill had a dog named Mikey - grand champ, Mikey was killing shit,” Beanie recalled. So he was like, ‘Yo, we supposed to go up here go to Roc-A-Fella Records for a meeting with JAY-Z.’ He was like, ‘You should take this ride with us,’ so I’m like, ‘Alright, yeah I take the ride.’ We exchanged numbers.”Īs the day of the meeting approached, Beanie found himself in a unique predicament that almost cost him his chance at securing his record deal with Hov as he nearly blew off the meeting to risk it all on a street wager. He’s showing me contracts, I mean they had all contracts, yeah, they can’t they have offers from like four different labels. “It was just something that I knew I could do, like I wasn’t trying to be a rapper. “So when me and Boo-Bonic exchanged numbers and he was like, ‘Yo you hot,’but still at this time I’m not taking rap like serious,” he said. But that all changed when Boo-Bonic showed him his first recording contract. Though Beanie would go on to have a successful career during Roc-A-Fella’s 2000 t0 2005 heyday with JAY-Z, Dame Dash and Kareem “Biggs” Burke at the helm, he admitted he wasn’t fully committed to music when he met Boo-Bonic. I’m like, ‘Yo you hot,’ so he told me he was like, ‘Yo, we got a meeting with Roc-A-Fella,’ I mean they had deals on the table like black and white.” So when we rap and it was over, he pulled me to the side and we exchanged numbers. But my man Murder Mill, he had a thing about them. “Well I wouldn’t call it a battle - we just started going in and Boo-Bonic was crazy with it. “So we wound up battling in the crib,” he said. While breaking down his illustrious battle rap background, which led to his mainstream come up, Beanie Sigel touched on how Boo-Bonic from the ’90s rap group Philly’s Most Wanted essentially strong-armed him into getting a record deal with JAY-Z and the ROC outfit at the time.Īfter initially building a friendship sparked by a ferocious unofficial rap battle, Beanie says Boo-Bonic was the first person to invite him to a meeting with a label. and DJ EFN, Sigel revealed he passed up an opportunity to meet JAY-Z in the ’90s because he wanted to bet on an illegal dog fight. In a recent interview with REVOLT’s Drink Champs podcast featuring co-hosts N.O.R.E. Currently Beanie Learning Exercise on working with One Lung at the Bacharach Institute of Rehabiliation in New Jersey.Former Roc-A-Fella Records rapper Beanie Sigel is considered one of the forefathers of Philadelphia’s rich Hip Hop history and also held in high regard within the community as an elite lyricist. the Doctors had to Cut out one of his lungs, because of Bullet pieces. Beanie Sigel has been Released From hospital. Sigel is Currently in critical but stable Condtiion after the Surgery. Beanie Sigel was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. UPDATE 2 : From the Latest Update, The Investigations tell that Beanie Sigel Was Not Intended Target In Shooting, the Shot were Meant for Bean’s Brother-in-Law, Umar Salahuddin. UPDATE 1: Beanie Sigel is Awake After having Surgery, According to AP. On the other side, NBC reports he is in Critical condition. MTV Treating the Injuries are not life-threatening. UPDATE : There is Adverse Reports Regarding Beanie sigel’s Condition. Check out some of the images of the incident and stay tune for updates. Once suspect has been arrested and currently is in police custody. The shooting was reported at 9:25 this morning at 834 Spruce Ave. Police confirmed the victim as Dwight Grant, which is Beanie Sigel’s Real Name. During the incident, another man was injured but he refused for any medical treatment. According to reports, Beanie Sigel was taken to AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center City Campus. After serving 2 years prison sentence, Beanie Sigel was finally released back in August, But sadly the Rapper got shot in the Torso when he got into an altercation this morning in Pleasantville, New Jersey.