Yo Gunplay I'm not gunna be a bitch and call u names, but dude cmon, dont lecture about knowing facts when u urself dont know all of em. Just read... In 1999 Shyne was being courted by 4 record labels, including bab boy, and if u knew nething bout his history, he was days away from signing with another record label (sry i dont no, but im not making it up, look it up if u want,) until diddy flashed 7 figures in his face. He was getting offered this type of money from four sides. He CHOSE Bad boy. Whether or not Biggie was alive might affect the amount of money being thrown around, however it would not change the fact ath Shyne would sign with someone in 1999... And dont say that hype got him the 150,000 Godfather sales, cuz for 3 years ( late 2000-2003) he totally fell under the rader. He worked his way up from pretty much sscratch, as his first album got very little recognition (it was pretty rough around the edges).
No need to flame dogg, just telling my point of view