Since Capone was locked up, Noreaga was forced to finish the album on his own. Noreaga's aforementioned song for Capone was meant as a tribute to his rapping partner, who was re-incarcerated while they were recording their first album. In 1996, the duo was signed to Penalty Recordings (which later was acquired by Tommy Boy Records) and dropped their debut album a year later. So after I read it, my peoples tested me on it and said I was the name of the book.”Īfter they got out, C-N-N was born. “That book was so large that people in my house thought I wasn't gonna read it. “I read a book up North (prison) and they used to call me Noreaga here and there,” N.O.R.E.
Noreaga, on the other hand, got his stage name from a book he read during his time in prison about Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Capone earned his name as a DJ before he got locked up. While they were inside, they bonded over their love for basketball and their roots in Queens. Capone and Noreaga first met in 1992 while they were serving time at Greenhaven Prison in New York for unrelated attempted murder charges.
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