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A new interactive sculpture was unveiled in Downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday, honoring the late Biggie Smalls as New York City celebrates hip-hop’s 50th anniversary.
Fans gathered at the sculpture, blasting his music ...

A new documentary about the Notorious B.I.G. — told through the lens of his son who was just five months old when the illustrious rapper died — is in the works.Time Studios is producing Understanding Christopher Wallace, which promises “an intimate look at the untold life story of one of the greatest rappers to ever live ...

Buckwild has blown the lid off a key moment in Hip Hop history, sharing that the Notorious B.I.G.’s “I Got a Story To Tell” was originally supposed to be for Foxy Brown. During episode seven of Iconic Records — a Roku series which aims to uncover untold stories in Hip Hop — the multi-platinum producer revealed how a beat meant for the “Get Me Home” hitmaker ...

One week after having Rick Ross on the show, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN had more rap royalty visit the Drink Champs studio in the form of Lost Boyz. Hailing from South Jamaica in Queens, the group came together in 1993. Blending party beats and street anthems, the group quickly found success. Their ...

Days before the Notorious B.I.G.’s birthday, two of his oldest and most trusted friends linked up to celebrate a new venture. Junior Mafia member Lil Cease traveled out to Pennsylvania to check out Farm House Poconos, a restaurant owned by Damion “D-Roc” Butler. The “Crush on You” rapper took to Instagram to post food of him chilling with his childhood friend and some of the delicious meals he had while there like Steak Mac Cheese and Lobster & Grits.
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Today (May 21) marks the birth of one of hip-hop's most gifted MCs: the Notorious B.I.G. The Brooklyn native, had it not been for his tragic death on March 9, 1997, at the age of 24, would have been celebrating his 51st birthday most likely alongside his mother, Voletta Wallace and his two children, T'yanna and CJ. While his passing was untimely, the mark he made in rap circles was not. His debut album, 'Ready to Die,' released in 1994, featured 19 tracks that depicted the life of a young black man from one of Brooklyn's toughest neighborhoods: Bedford-Stuyvesant. From the famed 'Juicy' track ("Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis/ When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this") to the grittiness of 'Gimme the Loot' ("N----, you ain't got to explain s---/ I've been robbing motherf---ers since the slave ship"), he was unapologetic in his rhymes. ...