Biggie was dealing drugs in-between making 'Ready To Die'.
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15 Things You Need To Know About Notorious B.I.G's 'Ready To Die'

8. Biggie was dealing drugs in-between making 'Ready To Die'.
When Biggie's executive producer, Puff Daddy, was fired from Uptown half-way through recording the album he was left in no mans land. Biggie went back to drug dealing in North Caroline before returning the the studio a year later on Puff's Bad Boy Records label.