Overview

• Speaking with Acton Entertainment in an interview posted Sept. 9, Redman reflected on dating Evans when they were young.
• He joked that he felt jealous when she started seeing The Notorious B.I.G., stressing that the memory is lighthearted.
• Redman said he introduced Evans to Erick Sermon and EPMD but couldn’t “put her on” because he was just breaking into the industry.
• He praised Evans as one of the best in R&B and said he saluted her success once she joined the Bad Boy orbit.
• Coverage notes established context that Evans married Biggie in 1994 after a Bad Boy photoshoot, they had son C.J. in 1996, and the artists remain friendly, last teaming up on the 2024 track “Hoodstar.”