uhh you never heard the rumors, breh?they never showed johnny with a significant other
anyway, solid biopic, bet did the culture justice
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Here is an excerpt from XXL magazine. Lance "Un" Rivera, who used to be Biggie's business partner, told XXL that Biggie invited him to go to the video shoot for Jodeci's "Feenin" video. When Puffy realized that, he told Biggie he just couldn't be inviting anyone to Devante's house, since he had just got robbed.
From XXL Magazine:
"Well, one day, Big came to me and said, "I want you go come with me to this video shoot." At the time, I was still hustlin', still wasn't really into the music business. It was for Jodeci's "Feenin." All of a sudden, Puff pulled up across the street, and he called Big over. I seen him talkin'. Then I seen Big put his head down. Somethin' told me they was over there talkin' about me. So when Big came back across the street he just looked at me, and he ain't want to say nothin'. I was like, "You ain't got to explain." I'm from the streets, so I knew certain vibes. What he said to Big was, "You just can't be bringin' n*ggas to n*ggas cribs 'cause the n*igga Devante just got tied up and robbed."
MEMBER OF JODECI ROBBED AT HOME
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 7/25/1993; JIM CONSOLI, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-25-1993
MEMBER OF JODECI ROBBED AT HOME -- SINGER SAYS $20,000 LOST IN TEANECK ASSAULT
By JIM CONSOLI, Staff Writer
Date: 07-25-1993, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday
TEANECK -- Two robbers armed with a handgun tied up and assaulted a member of
the rhythm-and-blues group Jodeci and another man before ransacking
their house and escaping with more than $20,000 in jewelry, police
confirmed Saturday.
The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Queen Anne
Road home of Donald DeGrate, 23, whose stage name is Devante Swing, they
said.
In April, DeGrate and another member of Jodeci were charged with
sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman and threatening her with an
assault rifle. Both men have denied those charges, which are pending
presentation to a grand jury, Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy said
Saturday.
Thus far, police have found no links between the two incidents.
"The two armed men didn't say or do anything that would lead us to
believe it [the robbery] was done in retribution for the first
incident," said one investigator, who asked to remain anonymous.
Citing a pending investigation, police declined to release a report
on the Friday night incident, but sources said that DeGrate allegedly
was struck in the head -- possibly pistol-whipped -- by one of the robbers
after being tied and blindfolded. Another man living in the house, who
couldn't be identified, was tied up and then kicked by one of the men.
Neither DeGrate nor the other victim was seriously injured, police
said. Both declined medical treatment.
The intruders entered the house through an open garage door, police
sources said. After they entered the first floor of the house, the
unidentified victim, who was talking on the telephone with a friend,
spotted the men and called out to them thinking they were also friends,
they said.
"One guy came up to him armed with the handgun and then tied him
up," said the investigator.
The men searched the house and found DeGrate sleeping in a
second-floor bedroom. They awakened him, tied his hands behind his back,
and blindfolded him. Moments later, he was struck four times in the head
by one of the men, possibly with the handgun. "He couldn't see what was
used to hit him," the investigator said.
The men then ransacked the house for about a half hour before
fleeing with the jewelry, which included watches and gold chains, police
said. No money was reported stolen during the incident.
After the men left the house, DeGrate freed himself and called
police.
The robbers were described by DeGrate and the other victim as being
in their mid-20s. Further physical descriptions were unavailable
Saturday.
Police said they have not determined whether the intruders had
targeted the house because it is owned by DeGrate.
"Nothing about the group [Jodeci] was mentioned during the
incident, so we don't know yet," said the investigator.
Jodeci's debut album, "Forever My Lady," has sold 2 million copies.
The group's music videos appear regularly on MTV.
Keywords: TEANECK. MUSIC. PROFESSION. THEFT. ASSAULT
Copyright © 1993 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.
New Edition's 'Number Ones' album is #10 on the iTunes charts
Heart Break is #12
Greatest Hits is # 24
'Can You Stand the Rain' is #40 on the top 50 singles charts, #3 on the R&B charts
All the top 5 R&B videos are New Edition songs
Heart Break is #12
Greatest Hits is # 24
'Can You Stand the Rain' is #40 on the top 50 singles charts, #3 on the R&B charts
All the top 5 R&B videos are New Edition songs
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Dat916nigga
Superstar
New Edition's 'Number Ones' album is #10 on the iTunes charts
Heart Break is #12
Greatest Hits is # 24
'Can You Stand the Rain' is #40 on the top 50 singles charts, #3 on the R&B charts
All the top 5 R&B videos are New Edition songs
The power of TV
Pegasus Jackson
Trump's Amerikkka
I thought it was better than Straight Outta Compton as a whole. 
Black Andy Dwyer
ATL
According to LSA, every black male celebrity is on the DLthis did not happen! that rumor was started on LSA
That smiley!!!Voice of Reason
Veteran
Arihi
Mare Liberum
Yasss!!, I'm a little late to the party, I don't reside in the U.S so had to find a connect 
.....just finished watching part 1, how they redid the original album covers in like a montage form was on point man, totally blown away!!! Gonna watch part 2 tonight..
.....just finished watching part 1, how they redid the original album covers in like a montage form was on point man, totally blown away!!! Gonna watch part 2 tonight.. 
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Not that I expected the movie to go into this, but a cool thing about the Bad Boy era NE is that Hot 2Nite got Hype Williams working again regularly at directing videos cuz he was reeling after Aaliyah passed away. He only did the Ashanti Rain on Me video in that 2 year gap. Without that video the GOAT video director probably falls back completely.
One Love wasn't that good but I'm sure it felt good for NE to not worry about money anymore after all that.
One Love wasn't that good but I'm sure it felt good for NE to not worry about money anymore after all that.
BedRoomI'z
All Money In
Man, they did such a wonderful job on this
All of them!!
All of them!!
Johnny Gill
Rookie
instant classic...
My man Luke James needed some more screen time tho
I'm so in love with the movie. But Home Again portion was what I grew up with and vividly remember. Nobody wasn't still wearing hightops...
Thats my only complaint thus far.
Thats my only complaint thus far.
That was actually supposed to be Suge Knight. He did bodyguard/protection work for various artists even after establishing Death Row.
This was the first & only time I saw them in concert when they were on Bad Boy. I was at their show they did at the Taste that summer & the crowd (myself included ) was looking for Bobby. I was yelling in my Whitney voice 'Bobby!! Bobby!! BOB-bey!! Bob-bey where you at??!!?'
Still, it was a good show thinking back.