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In honor of the anniversary of the passing of The Late Great Notorious B.I.G., MICK and his production partner Chi Duly combined some of their favorite Biggie verses with the best of Metro Boomin’s famous beats to create a “Biggie Day” tribute mixtape.

Their goal was to place some of the legendary rapper’s most famous songs in a more modern context. “We thought it would be cool to remix Biggie with a very contemporary vibe and kind of trap him out a little bit. We wanted to introduce ...

The late great Notorious B.I.G. died 19 years ago this week, on March 9th, 1997. In tribute to the game-changing Brooklyn rapper, one of the many MCs he’s inspired, Joey Bada$$, has delivered a new track called “Brooklyn’s Own”.

Statik Selektah provides a beat of smooth jazz notes, all gentle piano coos and jabbing guitar plucks. Bada$$ delivers his typically sturdy flow, dropping references to the neighborhoods of his hometown and homages to the late B.I.G. “I said, shit ain’t been the same since we made Killuminati,” ...

Boy...yesterday was the 19th year since the passing of the the late great Notorious B.I.G., and Junior Mafia's Superstar Raptress Lil Kim came through to talk about the legacy left behind by the Notorious one, and while she was ...

Nineteen years after the death of Brooklyn’s most extraordinary rapper the Notorious B.I.G, Brooklyn is still spreading love. To mark the anniversary of Biggie Smalls’ 1997 death, Brooklynite MC’s Maino and Lil Kim team up to drop the new banger “I Did It For Brooklyn” today (Mar. 9). The track artwork ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — It was 19 years ago when the music world lost hip-hop icon Notorious B.I.G. The rapper, also known as Christopher Wallace, was gunned down in Los Angeles on March 7, 1997. After nearly two decades, shockingly enough, no arrests have been made. Despite the loss, his music lives on. Inspiring a new generation of MC’s who – if they haven’t used a bar – have probably sampled a beat.
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Nineteen years ago Brooklyn rapper Notorious B.I.G. was shot dead in Los Angeles, a crime that remains unsolved to this day. Undoubtedly one of the finest emcees to ever touch the microphone, his influence remains huge, with everyone from Jay-Z to Pharoahe Monch paying their dues (the latter eulogising about what might have been when we spoke to him recently).

Although he only ever released two full albums completely in his name - 1994's breakout release Ready ...