We all know Ray J is sort of opportunistic and self-centered and desperate to be more famous. He also has some interesting-but-troubling childhood stories. His parents were clearly busy managing his more famous sibling. He recently gave an interview to Rhapsody.com, and he explains how he was immersed in the Death Row scene throughout his teens, smoking copious blunts with Tupac, driving around with Snoop, and hugging Biggie the day he died (he smelled like soap).

He also spoke about his life today, the highlight of which consists of women on the road "putting H2O in their bodies and then having [it] shoot out like waterfalls." Fun! After the jump, check out what Ray J has to say about catching Faith Evans on Tupac's lap and hanging out with the Notorious B.I.G.

On his days at Death Row:
"I’ve been knowing Suge since I was 10. Snoop and Daz used to come pick me up every day and take me to Can Am [Studios]. I used to tell people I’m going down the street. I used to hop in the back of Snoop’s car. I would just be up there all day. I been knowing Snoop since I was 12. I was with Death Row throughout the whole movement… We walked in one day and Faith was sitting on Pac’s lap while Pac was writing a verse. It was like, "What the f*ck is going on?" That was one of the craziest sights, dog… Faith was in Pac’s lap. I was like, "What the f*ck? I know I’m not? Is that? It can’t?" Three weeks later, “Hit ‘Em Up” came out. There's a couple of people that came up out of that camp. Bow Wow was in Snoop’s camp. Keyshia Cole was always through Death Row in her younger days. I used to see Keyshia all the time in there with Pac. I’m not hating on nobody. I got love for Faith. That was unbelievable, during the time of the East Coast-West Coast beef.

On hanging out with Biggie:

"I was with Big two days before he died. I smoked two or three blunts with Big. We watched a Lil Kim video. He talked to me about some real sh*t. He was gonna get on the remix for “Everything That You Want” off my album and then two days later he was dead. He invited me to his hotel. Cease picked me up… He did some sh*t on [Brandy's TV show] Moesha. So [his crew] came up like, "Biggie wanna get you high." We sat back and smoked. I got his number. The n*gg* hit me the next day to come to the hotel. So me and my homey went up there and chilled. I was about 16. The day he died, I seen him with Puff. I tried to say what’s up to Puff, but Puff didn’t see me. Then I seen Big and he was like, "What’s up, my n*gg*." I hugged Big and the n*gg* smelled like soap. That’s all I remember. He just smelled fresh like, "Damn, he a big n*gg* but he smell like soap." Big was hella-cool. He was talking about how big Lil Kim was gonna be. And that was right when that video came out for “Crush on You.” He showed me the first version of that. I walked in [his room at at the Four Seasons] and the n*gg* had some shorts on and a tank top getting his hair cut. He was just a real n*gg*. "