Who Shot Ya?

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Name = Who Shot Ya?


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Artist = The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy
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Album = Ready to Die
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Released = 1994
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Recorded = 1993 or 1994
Genre = East Coast hip hop
Length = 5:19
Writer = Christopher Wallace
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Label = Bad Boy Records
Producer = Sean Combs, Nashiem Myrick
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next_no = 9"Who Shot Ya?" is a song by The Notorious B.I.G. that can be found on the rapper's posthumous release "Born Again", the remastered edition of "Ready to Die" and "The Greatest Hits". It is also the b-side of hit single, "Big Poppa".

This song is known for stirring up the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry, since Tupac Shakur believed it to be a subliminal mocking his robbery/shooting in November 1994 inside a recording studio in Manhattan, New York. Although Biggie and close friend Sean Combs were only one floor above Pac when this happened, they vehemently denied the rapper's accusations. The song samples David Porter's "I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over".

Originally the song was recorded for the Mary J. Blige album "My Life" and meant for what eventually became the K. Murray Interlude (as evidenced on the track by use of the same instrumental) however Biggie's version was deemed too violent for an R&B album and Keith Murray was asked to record his version instead.

50 Cent recorded a song using the beat titled "50 Shot Ya". His version of the song appeared on DJ Kayslay's 2003 album, The Streetsweeper Vol. 1.

In 2006, lead vocalist of System of a Down, Serj Tankian, did a remix of the song for the video game .

Lil' Kim made her own version of it which is influenced heavily by biggies version.

In 2008 Papoose used the beat and some of the lyrics from this song to make his version of Who Shot Ya, which was a diss record to Uncle Murda. It is featured on his 2008 mixtape "Build or Destroy" and lasts 8:03.

The song has a lyrical reference to the Wu-Tang song "C.R.E.A.M.", and refers Brooklyn as "Crooklyn".Ja Rule has also rapped to Who Shot Ya.The Game uses the instrumental to Who Shot ya? on "300 Bars", which is a diss to 50 Cent and G -Unit.

Appears On

*Ready To Die (Remaster Edition)

*Born Again

* Greatest Hits (The Notorious B.I.G. album)

*Big Poppa 12" Single