Plenty of bombshell revelations were made in Netflix’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning docuseries surrounding The Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy’s relationship.
Following Biggie’s tragic death on March 9, 1997, Diddy had plans to make the Brooklyn rapper’s funeral a grand event, but he allegedly ended up putting the costs onto Biggie’s estate after seeing the bill, according to Bad Boy co-founder Kirk Burrowes.
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“Sean said, ‘We’re gonna do the biggest funeral for Biggie that New York has ever seen,’” Burrowes said, “We start to put that together, he starts to see the price. He says, ‘We’re gonna do the biggest funeral, but Biggie’s gonna have to pay for this funeral.’”
Burrowes added: “He was gonna make the funeral be a recoupable charge to Biggie in death. Sean doing a big show looks good on him. But he’s not gonna tell the world that Biggie was gonna pay for it.”
Biggie was laid to rest on March 18, 1997, and the funeral was held at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel. A funeral procession was held as thousands of fans lined the BK streets to shed tears and celebrate the life of Christopher Wallace. Lil’ Kim, Lil’ Cease and Faith Evans were among the stars in attendance.
There were more damning allegations made by Burrowes against Diddy, which included Combs coercing Burrowes to make changes in Biggie’s record deal with Bad Boy to make the terms more lucrative and favorable for the label.
Another claim from Burrowes said that Biggie didn’t even want to be in L.A. promoting his upcoming Life After Death album, amid rising tensions between the West Coast and East Coast. Burrowes alleged that Combs cancelled B.I.G.’s trip to the U.K. to have him remain in L.A. into early March.
B.I.G. attended the Soul Train Awards on March 7 and was allegedly slated to fly to London, but stayed in L.A. under Combs’ advisement.
Biggie went to a VIBE party on the night of March 8, and while leaving during the early hours of March 9, he was shot multiple times in a drive-by. The rapper was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 24. Exclusive, never-before-seen footage of the chaotic scene of Biggie’s shooting was also included in The Reckoning.