Many rumors and assumptions speculated after the late, Notorious B.I.G. dropped his debut album, 'Ready to Die' regarding the cover. Ready to Die's album cover featured an African-American male baby with an afro and nothing on but a diaper. Some thought the picture was one of Biggie's childhood while others thought the child was one of rapper, P. Diddy's kids. However, all were wrong. The photograph was of a young man, now 18 years old, by the name of Keithroy Yearwood.
Yearwood participated in an interview with the New York Daily News, telling how his well known baby picture is mistaken for a publicity plea as of today...
Every time people find out, they ask me if I got a lot of money out of it.
Which in reality, he didn't. Only coming out with $150 for the two hour photo shoot, Yearwood is constantly mistaken as a lifetime profitee.
The Bronx native goes on to tell the NY Daily,
I just want people to know that's me. The truth is finally coming out.In continuing to prove Yearwood's claim, his mother, Delcenia Burns, dug up photos and papers from the child modeling agency(Chicky's Kids) to reveal her son's truth.
Yearwood also explains that he talks very little about the album cover because people find it hard to believe at yet he is very honored, telling NY Daily News that his favorite songs off of the album or Biggie's hits, 'Juicy' and 'Big Poppa'.
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