The Most Dangerous Award Show In Music 

Outkast's success this night was a huge step up for the south and set the stage for Atlanta hip hop running the scene

I’ve never seen that hug, ever, but seen all the negative parts of that award show. That’s crazy, I’m glad you showed the whole situation

“The South got something to say…” And the South would go on to take over the entire game. ❤

this brings me back, im grown now but i do remember growing up watching this, it was a couple years old by the time i watched it, what i appreciate is that you didnt only show what parts we always see from this night( suge, snooop, andre) and you actually showed john trying to cool things down, and broke everything down yassine you are doing the music history world wonders with these and i appreciate them so much, thanks.

I will never forget the night Tupac died. It was Friday the 13th, Sept 1996. He had been shot 7 days earlier and everyone expected him to survive, come back and make a bigger diss song than Hit em Up. Something in Hip Hop died with Pac and Biggie. Nothing has ever been the same. Such a sad turn.

Snoop played both sides

Bro diddy acted cool in Publix but behind the scenes he was heightening the drama

I was around 17 in 1995 what a great time to be a teenager

Bro you’re fucking crushing it with the mini documentaries lately. I even see you on my shorts sometimes now. You’re going crazy, keep it up!

That was the night where hip hop as we all know could really end. Like Nas said on The Defiant Ones: > Also, first time I see a so well made analysis of what happened that night in one singular video. Love this🔥

I watched this live. An era never again to be repeated if you were there you know.

People forget how gangsta Snoop Dogg was

I was born in 87 and this is my first time seeing Puff give it up for the west and east at the awards 😮

Love the direction you taking with the channel can just chill eat popcorn and watch your short docs

The greatest award show of all time, imagine if 2Pac was at the ‘95 source awards.

I actually remember hearing Suge in an interview saying his comment was about Jermaine Dupri because Suge was supposed to sign Lill Bow Wow but Dupri scooped him instead

I was 22. Recent grad and was in law school. From Philly, went to Morehouse, and had a paid internship in downtown Manhattan at this firm. I decided to treat myself to a break from work and studying for the bar. I decided to go to The Source Awards. At first, the energy was crazy, in a good way. My homeboy and I talking to all types of females, sapped up Craig Mac, Dazz, and a couple of other rappers. The night was right. I can personally tell you, about 1 1/2 hours into the show, the energy changed. It really felt something was going to pop off at any moment. You saw a lot of dudes posting up instead of trying to holla at the ladies. Dudes had their heads on swivels with a concentrated look, myself included. We stayed for the whole show, but we positioned ourselves for the get out in case something popped off. NY dudes was popping off at the mouth real hard about the diss. I mean regular dudes l, not rappers. The ish was crazy!!!

I remember watching this live. It was so crazy and yes something did die that night. Thanks for making this and sharing.

What a time to be alive! I remember watching the show back in the day and then telling my friend that shit is going to pop off in there. I was so focused on East Coast/West Coast Beef that I totally forgot about Andre 3000's rant. Dayum Andre! The South was ready too! I was too young to understand the whole magnitude of what was really going on that night. Me and my friends thought the whole shit was funny at the time. Good breakdown of the event! So sad that Pac and Biggie got killed over some BS.

You said that Tupac‘s death row records was feuding with bad boy while he was in prison… that’s not accurate, he wasn’t even signed to death row until Suge came and bailed him out for $3 million.

This happened 14 days before I was born. What a time

The most dangerous night in hip-hop was March 9, 1997. that was the first example of a rapper getting caught lackin in the opps neighborhood even though his crew was told not to go there.

Imagine if Bigs would’ve song Who Shot Ya 😂

I was in my early 20's watching this ,funny thing is me and all my friends was jamming to both sides,had all thier cds

I was born in 2001 so seeing this whole clip and what everyone had to say was kinda dope to me in a way. I’m really glad that nothing popped off in there even though there was hella tension and animosity in the room.

The quality of these videos are getting better and better🔥

Most dangerous night in hip hop was when big pun and fat joe walked into super wok Chinese buffet all you can eat Tuesday night.

I somewhat remember watching this as a kid. I recently watched this on RU-vid as an adult and OMG this was a train wreck. A wonderful, awkward, historic train wreck.

.dre deserved that award and I forever love snoop for standin up for him on the east

Dude, is there gonna be a part 2? Kinda left us with a cliff hanger lol (well, we all know what happens next but still). Either way, ace work, my guy!

Bone Thugs N Harmony got songs with biggie, 2pac, and a whole bunch of other all time greats. N all the songs are 🔥🔥🔥

I remember a rapper describing how Suge used to discipline his artists and staff like they were his kids. Late? Get smacked, talk back? Get smacked. Etc. And one crazy story of how he beat a disobedient rapper like it was his stepson with punches, kicks, chasing around the office and throwing shit at 'em. Wild.

This why award shows picky with invitations nowadays 😢😅😂

the production of this video was great man keep up the good work

I'll never forget this Award Show. 🤣 I was born in Cleveland Ohio home of Bone Thugs and I have Love for them and Eazy E for getting them started but back in the day I was all about the West Coast baby because of the greatest rapper of all time Mr. Tupac Shakur Westside!🤗 I still say that.🤣 🖤

I just remember Nas and Mobb Deep was there. And how crazy it was that Biggie won everything while Nas and Mobb Deep was there. Even lyricist of the year and Album of the year. The man himself openly admitted he didn’t think he had a chance with Nas on that joint. Let’s go back years later and revisit as a hip hop fan. Who ran 1995? My only problem with that entire night.

Don't you just love how the media doesn't show the clip of Diddy and Snoop hugging on stage??

More people got hurt at the 2004 Vibe awards and 94th Academy awards.

I remember watching this live. After all these years I haven't forgotten this award show

Man the best part of that night is André’s speech.

so legendary wish i was born to see it live 😢

It was both the unification that we needed and also seeds to destruction that we still have today it's definitely one of those things

i hope you do more of these people need too understand these award shows and beefs are crazy becareful in picking and choosing what party or celebration too go too

Acknowledging the upgrade in production quality in your videos yassine

Sam Cassell “Oh oh😮…we gone have some trouble here” lmaooooo🤣🤣🤣

I used to love hip hop and beef like this when I was a teen. Now that I’m in my 30s and have people to take care of and set examples for, it’s sad to know people helped encourage and promote such a terrible violent and immoral way of life… But it is nice some of them tried to squash the beef…

Hip Hop is all about geography and map reading, East Coast ,west Coast, Southside and on and on.

They tried real damn hard to bring it together. Dre, Snoop, Diddy. And because of the loss of Pac and Biggie, we wish we could rewind and make it work. Make it happen. But I always think of what might have happened if things were altered. I think of this when I was asked about something I am passionate about that has nothing to do with music. The RMS Titanic. I had always said "Oh I wish I could go back in time, and prevent it from sinking." But my college professor pointed this little nugget out to me. "John do you realize if the Titanic had not sunk that night, its sister ship Britannic would NOT have been made to have lifeboats for everyone. It sank in less than 30 minutes, rather than over 2 hours. Because of the Titanic ALL of Britannic's passengers made it off the ship in less than 30 minutes. (30 died only because they were sucked into the emerging propeller)" That hit me hard. If not for the sinking of the Titanic.....the next 3 sinkings would have had far far more casualties. And 1500 is a hard pill to swallow already. I no longer wish I could change this or alter that. Because there can always be seen a worse scenario down the line from it being altered in hind sight. I then sit in situations like this one and wonder.....would it have gotten worse? How much more worse could it have been? The olive branches were going out......but to no avail. I think honestly it took losing these absolute icons to make people wake the fuck up. Realize how wrong it really was, and how far it was going. But if it had not happened the way it did.....who would not be here now? Dre, Snoop....Wutang, Diddy, I mean the list is long. And then think of the people they have brought into the music world since then. The domino effect is mind numbing. As a lover of the hip hop golden time (80's and 90's) I long for new Tupac music. Biggie on a great track with Michael again. (This Time Around: HIStory) But I always remind myself of how much worse it could have been. It could have ended the entire genre. Maybe these icons were put into the place of losing them to END the absolute violence. It just makes me honor them all the more.

People need to remember that east coast/west coast tensions started to buildup a few years before this show. It only heightened after Pac signed with Deathrow.

What a wild night! Thanks for the excellent video breaking it all down!

Wow! Sam Cassell! Never knew he presented an award that night or period, for that matter.

This just makes me miss the 90’s even more…

This is why I love the Pioneers of rap and Hip Hop. They had beef with our enemy and not amongst each other. Melle Mel KRS-1 , Kurtis Blow and others moved like grown men and sent a real message. Sad that we have people who love this beef wars.

Crazy how Outkast was an underdog representing Atlanta, and now Atlanta literally rules Hip hop. Young Thug, Lil baby, Gunna, Gucci Mane, Future, Carti, 21 Savage. like 90 percent of modern mainstream rappers are from there now. Who would have expected

THE 1990S WERE GOLDEN

I just seen your videos and this has to be one of my favorites I’m hoping if you haven’t already could talk about the Gucci vs Jeezy beef one of the most dangerous feud of the 2000s

Man I remember watching this live as a kid. The best hip hop awards ever. The source soundtrack was the shit. I held on to that CD for dear life until my boombox needed repairs at Sears...they broke it. Danny boy on stage with Suge he whined up dead too

Yassine, been watching you for years bro! Keep up the work fam I enjoy watching fam. Peace.

This man on a roll with the videos 🙇🏼‍♂️

The source awards was WILD back then, I remember watching this!

Quality of your videos has been improving, props

You are really heating up w these videos bro keep it up !

That was great Breakdown of the events..well done

Just discovered your channel and have watched a few of your videos. Great content and editing. New subscriber!

Lol, this man really not playing. I was just binging on the previous stuff i needed to catch up on, now i gotta watch this.

Diddy was honestly smart as fuck he dealt with all of that like a real gangster. All the mob guys would try to sit down and talk things out back in the day before all the mafia wars.

What I like to focus on about that night are the amazing live performances that happened!

Aweee I love Andre’s speech I’ve never seen that before!! I’m so glad they got their flowers that night ❤

Awesome video I appreciate the effort put into this.

Who else had them the source hip hop hits albums?? Vol. 3 was probably my favorite but i had a couple of them. It was always a good buy back then. You got a lot of hit singles on one album.

This is crazy,.. and of course well made. Keep it up bruh

i've been awake for 28 hours but you explainn it so nice i understand it

Suge put it on JD because of what Diddy said at his acceptance speech about no drama between the both Coast, so yeah it made Suge want to leave it alone too, plus remember Suge homeboy died in Atlanta in a discussion with Diddy and his team

Suge wasn’t sarcastically saluting the audience. He was saying: “join us.” He was attempting to persuade them to his side.

Even though he was wrong for saying it, WHAT Suge said was 100% spot on.

Was 16 at the time and while watching this it reminded me of a high school assembly in the auditorium and the presenters and winners were like the teachers trying to calm the students down falling on deaf ears 😂

Hip Hop revenue was almost 3 billion in 2021. Not sure we want to say it “died” in 1995. Perhaps it’s best to say the Source Awards event was a “game changer, and a deadly game changer at that” in the Hip Hop industry.

285 south Atlanta we got something too say for real andre

Wow, this video quality is awesome, those who edit this video need a raise. Keep creating videos like this. 😍

Everybody lucky Pac big mouth wasn’t there 😂

This is iconic~ thanks Yassine I love the original content

2pac almost got drafted by the south by j. Prince. Suge came up with the money first and won the powerball meaning pac. Scarface and pac would've been crazy on the same label. Rap alot describes pac work ethic perfectly.

this is such an excellently done video, love one love hiphop

Actually, the most dangerous award show in history is the Oscars, when Will slapped Chris!!! 🤣😂

So NOTHING happened other then some Highschool type hand slapping... was wondering why I never herd of what went down. That's because, NOTHING WENT DOWN!!!!

I love Pac and the artists from Death Row but Suge really is the devil smh. This was the first time I saw the event played out and although it was the abridged version of the whole show, I'm proud of those that chose peace and the bigger picture over instigating. I feel like in today's climate, someone in Diddy's position may have escalated the situation further leading to way more bloodshed.

I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS ! I BELIEVE IT FILLED ON FOR SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO THAT SATURDAY NIGHT.

Well made video. I followed most of these growing up.

First, great video, the production and script are fantastic. Second, France. Third, It's a really shame the consequences after the conflict in that Award Show. When you mentioned that Tupac wasn't there, I become sad.

Chief keef would of been invited to the source awards, wish BET was more like the source award cause they’re talking about the state of the culture truthfully in front of everyone involved

By far my favorite Award Show of All Time

I love how he presented this video great work 💯 & Diddy always been soft lol he was never gone say nothing back regardless 😂

i was up in there that night, and as a west coast guy it was definitely feeling a lil hectic..

Easy E was the founder of gangster rap? Wasn’t Ice T doing gangsta rap before easy e?

Outkast being “little known” just sounds crazy now

Yo yassine, the editing is only getting better, good job man

Biggie and Jr. Mafia with lil Kim had a dope performance that night. Look it up. Biggie had me hype when he started out with Yeah. Then stood up. Yeah. Then Kim killled it

That man snoop was still young and wild lmao he didn’t give AF

The 90's was the golden age of rap and R & B at the time I was in my 30's I didnt like rap so much, mainly because gangster rap was for teenagers and people in their 20s, but the R & B male groups Dru Hill , Silk, Jagged Edge, 112 , H-town, boys 2 Men, and the crooners Jaheim, Tyreese, Tank ect were on the scene and I didnt really appreciate all of them the way I do know and how powerful that decade really was because the music the youth have today doesnt compare.

Legendary night in hip-hop culture