"Get Money" was the third and final single released from the Junior M.A.F.I.A.

Junior M.A.F.I.A.

Junior M.A.F.I.A. is an American hip hop group from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. The acronym M.A.F.I.A. stands for Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitudes. They were formed and mentored by New York rapper, The Notorious B.I.G., in the early 1990s and released their debut album,...

's debut album, Conspiracy

Conspiracy (Junior M.A.F.I.A. album)

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. The original version, which sampled Sylvia Striplin

Sylvia Striplin

Sylvia Striplin is a New York based jazz, soul and R&B vocalist. Striplin has worked with funk, jazz, R&B and soul, vibraphonist Roy Ayers, who helped her release her 1981 album Give Me Your Love on the Uno Melodic record label. Striplin, along with Marva Hicks found some solo success after being...

's "You Can't Turn Me Away", was produced by EZ Elpee with verses done by The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G.

Christopher George Latore Wallace , best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. He was also known as Biggie Smalls , Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White .Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough...

 and Lil' Kim

Lil' Kim

Kimberly Denise Jones , better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and actress who was a member of the group Junior M.A.F.I.A.....

. The official remix entitled "Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix)" was produced by DJ Enuff

DJ Enuff

DJ Enuff is a DJ and radio personality from the United States. He mixes on-air during "The Angie Martinez Show" from 4:30 to 6pm. He also was The Notorious B.I.G's official road DJ and also helped break acts like 50 Cent and Kanye West.-Early career:DJ Enuff was raised in the Lower East Side of...

, Lance 'Un' Rivera and The Notorious B.I.G. This version used a different instrumental, sampling Dennis Edwards

Dennis Edwards

Dennis Edwards is a soul and R&B singer, most noted for being one of Motown act The Temptations' lead singers replacing David Ruffin. He is the father of Issa Pointer, whose mother is Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters.-Career:...

' 1984 track, "Don't Look Any Further

Don't Look Any Further

"Don't Look Any Further" is a 1984 single by former Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards, featuring Siedah Garrett. The single was written by Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Duane Hitchings. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Black Singles chart and peaked at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Track...

" featuring new verses by Lil' Kim and B.I.G. as well as a verse from Lil' Cease

Lil' Cease

James Lloyd, is an American rapper and member of hip hop group Junior M.A.F.I.A..Cease's first album release was Conspiracy with the Junior M.A.F.I.A in 1995....

. "Get Money" became the group's biggest hit, peaking at 17 on the Billboard 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA on July 9, 1996 for sales of over 1 million copies. It ranked 89th in Billboard's Top Hot 100 Hits of 1996

Top Hot 100 Hits of 1996

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1996....

, reached 17th in the Hot 100 and number 1 for Hot Rap Singles.

The song was used in the 2002 film 8 Mile

8 Mile (film)

8 Mile is a 2002 American hip-hop drama film written by Scott Silver, directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, and Kim Basinger....

 and in the 2009 biographical movie of Notorious (with Lil' Kim's verse.) The repeated line "Take Money" in the 2Pac song Hit 'Em Up

Hit 'Em Up

"Hit 'Em Up" is a diss song by rap artist 2Pac , featuring his group the Outlawz. It is the B-side to the single "How Do U Want It", released on June 4, 1996, from the album All Eyez on Me. The song’s lyrics contain vicious insults to several East Coast rappers, chiefly among them, Shakur's former...

 is a play on "Get Money". The song is a very violent diss track

Diss track

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 aimed at Biggie Smalls and other members of the Bad Boy

Bad Boy Records

Bad Boy Records is a record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by Atlantic Records.-Beginnings:...

record label.

A-Side

1. "Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix)" (Radio Edit)- 3:59
2. "Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix)" (Dirty Version)- 4:09
3. "Get Money" (Original Version)- 4:34

B-Side

1. "White Chalk" (Original Version)- 4:40
2. "White Chalk" (Dirty Version)- 4:40
3. "Get Money" (Original Instrumental)- 4:34

Peak positions

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	17
Billboard Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs	4
Billboard Hot Rap Singles	1
Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	28
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1996)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	89