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The original Queen Bee and this year’s recipient of the I Am Hip Hop Award, Lil’ Kim brought the house down with a legacy performance that featured the late great Notorious B.I.G.-formed Junior M.A.F.I.A., with a guest appearance from O.T. Genasis for the wildly inventive “Found You,” off Kim’s upcoming 9 album. ...

Before Nas was dubbed the prophet or The Notorious B.I.G. was crowned the King of New York, Rakim was known as The God MC and though he’s hasn’t dropped anything new in a hot minute he’s still nicer than 95% of rappers from the past and the present. Now with his book Don’t Sweat The Technique hitting bookstands, Rakim Allah checked in with The Breakfast Club to build with Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, and DJ Envy while getting into his historic run in Hip-Hop. ...

Son of the Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans has been promoting the wellness aspects of CBD usage. As the son of hip-hop stars the Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans, C.J. Wallace, 22, is never short of creative inspiration. He grew up closer to his mother — he was only five months old when his father was shot and killed in 1997 — but Wallace’s cannabis company, which he named Think BIG, honors the iconic rapper’s legacy. ...

Twenty-five years after its release, the album's greatest legacy is Biggie's intuition about his future.
There’s a moment, about halfway through Ready to Die, when the Notorious B.I.G. begins to sound like a motivational speaker. The first line of "Everyday Struggle" is "I know how it feel to wake up fucked up"; you can picture the ...

Legendary rapper Daddy-O, one time part of the group Stetsasonic, stepped up to Ebro in the Morning show at Hot 97 to give some classic stories about some of his experiences throughout the years. Daddy-O went back from the beginning of hip hop, and the use of break beats, ...

Twenty-five years ago on Sept. 13, 1994, the late The Notorious B.I.G. released his debut album, Ready to Die, which has now become a timeless classic in the annals of hip-hop history. To commemorate the album's 25th anniversary, Optimo Cigars launched ...