Prophet says Notorious B.I.G. burning in hell during out-of-body journey

A self-described prophet says she traveled to hell in an out-of-body experience and witnessed the Notorious B.I.G. burning inside a fiery cell. Queen Okeoma, an ordained evangelist who says she has had thousands of supernatural encounters, says Jesus carried her spirit to the afterlife and showed her both heaven and hell.

In her account, Okeoma described a pitch-black cave where two giant demons, each about 15 feet tall, blocked her path before a jail cell. Inside that cell, she said, Christopher Wallace — the rapper better known as Notorious B.I.G. — was being punished for his alleged lack of faith in Jesus. 'Biggie was holding the bars, but he was on fire from the inside. He was burning from the inside like somebody put a bomb in his belly,' she said. 'I said, Jesus, why is this man here?' And these are the words Jesus said verbatim... He said, 'This man told me he didn't need me,' she added.

The tale went viral after Okeoma appeared on the We Need to Talk podcast in August, drawing more than 2.4 million views. Viewers have since circulated clips on social media, with some families reporting renewed religious commitments in the wake of her accounts. One commenter on the podcast’s YouTube channel wrote that her stories prompted a family to repent and pray together, while another viewer said they felt compelled to seek forgiveness for past actions.

Okeoma has described eight visits to heaven or hell, beginning with a transformative episode in 2007. She has said she was living in sin at the time and that God, appearing as a human outline filled with water, guided her toward a gate to hell, which she described as shrouded in pitch-black darkness and fed by brimstone. She has described this experience as more than a dream or vision, insisting it was a real visit that spurred a period of repentance and change that followed for years.

She has said that her 2016 journey to hell began after she saw a Facebook post about a woman claiming to be a Christian who idolized a wax figure of Biggie as her ideal husband. Okeoma said Jesus physically lifted her spirit from her body and transported it to hell, emphasizing that the event was not a dream or vision but a genuine spiritual excursion. In the hell she described, she said Biggie was taken by two large demons to a machine resembling a juicer that crushed his spirit body, causing him to feel the pain of broken bones and organs. She said his body then reassembled, was returned to his cell, and exploded into fire, likening the moment to a bomb going off in his chest. The reason, she said, was that Biggie had pursued fame and fortune and had allegedly sought protection through charms with a fetish priest.

The story has attracted significant attention online, prompting discussions about OBEs and their interpretation. A 2025 study published in Frontiers in Psychology notes that out-of-body experiences are highly personal and vary widely from person to person. The researchers, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, said OBEs can be triggered by relaxation, stress, orgasms, or even certain drugs, and they are distinct from near-death experiences, which involve a life-threatening incident. The study’s authors stressed that OBEs are subjective experiences that differ markedly across individuals, something that has led to ongoing debate about their meaning and origins.

Interviews and social-media posts tied to Okeoma’s accounts have drawn mixed reactions. Some listeners say the narratives are persuasive and have led to tangible changes in behavior, including repentance and renewed religious commitment. Others view the accounts as sensational or symbolic, noting the lack of corroborating evidence for specific events. Still, the virality of her tale illustrates how culture and entertainment outlets sometimes intersect with religious storytelling in the digital age, prompting conversations about faith, media, and personal belief.

In discussing her experiences, Okeoma has stressed that her purpose is to call people to repentance and to emphasize faith in Jesus. She has said that her own life was fundamentally reshaped by the early experiences she described and that she continues to share her visions in hopes of encouraging others to seek spiritual guidance. Whether such experiences are interpreted as supernatural, psychological, or both remains a conversation point for listeners and researchers alike.

The ongoing discussion around Okeoma’s claims reflects a broader cultural moment in which sensational personal narratives about heaven, hell, and afterlife experiences increasingly circulate on podcasts and social media. While the veracity of specific details can be difficult to verify, the reach of her story underscores the continued public appetite for vivid, otherworldly testimony and its potential to influence real-world beliefs and actions.