Beanie Sigel Quotes (7 Quotes)

PW spent time with Sigel in a New York recording studio shortly before he went away on his federal gun possession charge. He paged through a book of promotional photos of himself, one of which was shot shortly after 911. It featured him holding a copy of the Bible upright in one palm while the Koran rose from the other the Twin Towers. Some of the record company people, they wouldn't let me put this out, ... They said it would be too controversial. But this picture is saying 'Look, they can stand together. Don't have to be no fight.'

His business sense is crazy. We can definitely do something. I think that might shock the world.

Beanie Sigel's life has changed dramatically in the last eight years. As a 23-year-old man still named Dwight Grant, he once aspired to be a barber, or perhaps to work as a hospital maintenance man, earning a modest dollar and good benefits. But in 1998 friends landed a chance to rap for the superstar Jay-Z. I went along for the ride, ... I was just thinking I'd get to meet Jay.

In that situation, I feel like I should have been acquitted the first time around. And, it wasn't a case. There wasn't no evidence on me.

That was my time off right there, being in a box, ... It's time to go right back at it. I've got a lot of stuff to do. Not just this music, I've got companies to run.

No, ... I did that as an employee of the label. I got, like, SAG Screen Actor's Guild wages, which are like one hundred and something dollars every couple weeks.

That's what I do... Some people smoke weed, some people smoke cigarettes, some people snort coke... I pop pills, I smoke and I drink syrup, that's my twist.