The New York Daily News recently sat down with Keithroy Yearwood who it turns out is the baby from the cover of Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready To Die. The 18 year old New Jersey native only made 150 dollars for the two hour photo shoot that would cement him on one of hip-hops most know album covers. Yearwood said that “when I first found out about it, it wasn’t a big deal to me,” but as he matured that changed, “Now, of course, it’s a big deal to me.” The question of who the baby was has been asked for sometime, but there was no solid answer until now. It was believed that the photo could have been one of biggie as a child or one of either Diddy or Big’s children. Around a year ago Rap Radar asked Diddy about the cover and he responded “that was a baby we just found ….We did a little casting for somebody that looked like Big.” Keithroy Yearwood’s photo is particularly memorable because of his huge afro. His mother Delcenia Burns said that it was hard for him to get modeling jobs with his hair, but it was the afro which landed him on the cover of Ready To Die. An age old question has finally been answered, check out the video interview with the Yearwood family after the jump.
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