lMao wasn't there for that what happened
ima rap encyclopedia...
if im not mistaken it may have been a tape called Hev. E Components... not 100% on that, but anyway but Joe had two freestyles on there one where he rapped with Fab over the "1,2 Free is coming for youuuu" Freeway beat... (forgot all about that song lol), and another one where he rap's over "Let's Get It" by GDEP. On the tracklisting, the G Dep freestyle said "Joe Buddens - Freestyle (Rasheed Wallace)"
Rasheed Wallace had did a drop for Clue some basic "Yo this Rasheed Wallace of the Portland Trailblazers blah blah blah" shyt. That Drop was right ahead of the Joe Buddens freestyle and the beginning of the side B if you had the cassette. But you know how mixtapes was back then, they had all types of typos and shyt. So on the CD the Rasheed Wallace Drop was on the same Track as the Buddens freestyle. And the Credit reflected that... So it led people to believe that Joe Buddens was Rasheed Wallace rap name and he was embarking on a rap career. nikkas eventually figured it out once "Pump It Up" dropped.