Easy Mo Bee, friend of The Notorious B.I.G., smiling for a photo

The Notorious B.I.G. was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, but the rapper had an affinity for California and the West Coast. He maintained a friendship with Tupac Shakur for years and loved being in Los Angeles, even after Shakur’s death in 1996 when Biggie wasn’t welcome on the West Coast. Still, he decided to record the song “Going Back to Cali” — something the song’s producer Easy Mo Bee was worried about.

Easy Mo Bee, friend of The Notorious B.I.G., smiling for a photo
Easy Mo Bee | Johnny Nuñez/WireImage

Easy Mo Bee produced a lot of The Notorious B.I.G.’s music

“Going Back to Cali” appeared on The Notorious B.I.G.’s second (and what would be his final) album Life After Death, released just two weeks after Biggie’s death in Los Angeles in March 1997. In a 2003 interview with XXL, Easy Mo Bee, who produced “Going Back to Cali” along with much of Biggie’s debut album Ready to Die, reflected on how he flipped a sample into an iconic track.

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