“Big was ahead of his time. Him and Raekwon my n*ggas, but dig it, they couldn’t get along,” rapped Nas on the 2002 song “Last Real N*gga Real Alive.” The issues between The Notorious B.I.G. and members of the Wu-Tang Clan were brought up again during a recent interview on the Don’t Be Scared podcast. ...

There’s a reason the Notorious B.I.G. is seen as one of the greatest rappers of all time. The late icon, who would have turned 43-years-old yesterday (May 21), has many classic songs in his famed discography. But one that often stands out is “Hypnotize.” ...

In the first half of DX’s first ever conversation with Chuck Dangerous, the emcee/author/activist enlightened on some long-overdue clarity on this, the 15th anniversary of the passing of The late greet Notorious B.I.G., as to why he sued Biggie’s estate in the late ‘90s over the usage of his instantly recognizable vocal for the countdown to Big’s “Ten Crack Commandments” and why that lawsuit had “Nothing to do with Biggie.”

DX: Yeah, definitely. ...

While chatting with DJ Mustard on the Blurred Culture channel, Bone thugs-n-harmony manager Steve Lobel describes the recording process for the “Notorious Thugs” collaboration with The late great Notorious B.I.G.

“I was at a Ramada Inn on Santa Monica Boulevard,” Steve Lobel says in the video. “Biggie just passed 18 years, so the song is 18 or 19 years. Fat Joe calls me and says ‘[Puff Daddy] is gonna call you. I think Puff had called Fat Joe because he knew I used to work with Fat Joe and we were really tight. I worked with Fat Joe, also Big Pun.
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Five-star recruit Caleb "Biggie" Swanigan committed to Purdue on Tuesday, and the school decided to celebrate the occasion by tweeting out a photo of another famous Biggie. Swanigan, a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, had originally ...

March 9 is the date traditionally associated with The Notorious B.I.G. Death dates are always the more revered for celebrities anyway due to the “where were you when” factor. However, today’s May 21 and had Frank survived the fatal shooting in Los Angeles that forever altered pop culture, Voletta’s ...