In the middle of Little Italy little did we know
That we riddled some middlemen who didn't do diddly

from Big Punisher (Ft. Fat Joe) – Twinz (Deep Cover '98) Lyrics on Rap Genius

In one of the hottest lines ever, Big Pun shows his lyrical prowess. He’s explaining that the hit went terribly wrong: they just riddled some innocent bystanders with bullets instead of getting their guy

The senseless violence took place in nyc’s downtown “Little Italy” neighborhood (don’t worry, it’s gotten way more gentrified since ‘98..)

Oddly for such a famous line, Fat Joe had to work hard convince Pun to include it in the song. He explained:

I ain’t bug out when he first said the ‘Dead in the middle of Little Italy…’ rhyme. That wasn’t even a rhyme. He used to play around and say [that tongue twister], just like he used to walk around going, ‘Packin’ the Mac in the back of the Ac, packin’ the Mac in the back of the Ac.’ These were like jokes to him

I had to argue with him to put ‘Dead in the middle of Little Italy…’ in the song. I was like, ‘That’s the hardest shit on earth.’ He was like, ‘Are you crazy? That’s a fuckin’ joke. Niggas will laugh at me. Are you serious?’ Then he did it, and it was the illest shit

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