The annual “Icon Issue” of The Fader honors an individual who has had an incalculable effect on music culture. The Fader has honored legends like Nina Simone and Jerry Garcia as well as New York revolutionary David Byrne.

This year, for their annual "Icon" issue, FADER turns its ...

Los Angeles (CNN) -- The 1997 murder of Christopher Wallace, the rapper also known as The Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls, remains an unsolved crime despite Los Angeles police and FBI investigations that lasted for years. The FBI, which joined the case five years after the shooting, opened up its files ...

The legacy of the late great Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace lives on not just via his music, but through his progeny as well. The legendary BK rapper’s son, Christopher Jordan “CJ” Wallace Jr., will appear in Will Ferrell’s new film Everything Must Go.

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Bronx teen has B.I.G. claim to fame as chubby-cheeked kid on cover of 'Ready to Die' BY Michael J. Feeney
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, March 20, 2011

One of hip hop's longest running mysteries may be solved - and it's a pretty B.I.G. deal. A high school senior who grew up in the ...

March 9th, 2011...14 years later, the late great Notorious B.I.G. still reigns supreme. Today marks the 14 year anniversary of the death of Notorious B.I.G. We are still coping with this loss for some many years. It's such ...

BLOOMINGTON -- Hurricanes get names. Volcanoes get names. Why not blizzards? Central Illinoisans, many with some extra free time due to work or school being canceled, engaged in a little friendly debate online Tuesday: What should this ...