BROOKLYN - A larger-than-life mural in Bedford-Stuyvesant is paying tribute to the late great Notorious B.I.G. more than 18 years after his death. The mural is being painted on the corner of Bedford Avenue and Quincy Street, where the rapper ...

To the realm of long-running debates – nature versus nurture, Star Trek versus Star Wars, chocolate versus peanut butter – we must now add another: jelly, juice, or soda?

The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1995 song “Big Poppa” got some renewed attention this month, when one of its couplets became the subject of a heated online argument. The discussion began on the Facebook FB +0.00% page of singer Mela Machinko, who had no idea what she was about to get into. ...

Just days after Houston Deputy Darren H. Goforth was murdered execution-style by cop hater Shannon J. Miles – when other networks were scuttling shows with themes that were even remotely similar to the tragedy – MTV went forward with a pre-recorded ...

Hootie & The Blowfish made music that is about as far from hip-hop as is physically possible. So, you might think that a reference to the band in Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money, Mo Problems” is just a throw-away line. After all, only so many things ...

Before the release of The Notorious One’s seminal debut, Ready To Die, Christopher Wallace was just an up-and-coming rapper, albeit one with a bit of a buzz. The hip hop heavyweight was being written up in Interview magazine, and McIntyre was the photog handling the shoot.

Interview magazine ended up using one of those ...

The former LAPD detective best known for his involvement in rapper Biggie Smalls' murder case, died suddenly Wednesday of a possible heart attack, sources told NBC News.

Russell Poole was discussing a cold case murder investigation with Los Angeles Sheriff's Office homicide investigators when he was stricken ...