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MTV is celebrating the 15th anniversary of Capital Punishment, and blesses us with some classic footage of Big Pun speaking on taking that album to the platinum mark:
Often, fans, rap critics and artists themselves believe that in order to garner platinum plaques, quality rhymes have to be sacrificed…Fifteen years ago today, on April 28, 1998, Big Pun proved that notion was severely flawed when he dropped his debut LP, Capital Punishment.
“I’m the first Latino soloist ever to get a platinum plaque, and that’s special to me, because we love hip-hop, and as kids, we need somebody to look to, to strive further,” Big Pun told MTV’s “News 1515” show back in August 1998, right after Capital Punishment hit the million mark.
