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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. ...

Notorious B.I.G. allegedly helped Ma$e earn money by offering him a ghostwriting gig. According to a conversation between Lance “Un” Rivera and DJ Vlad shared on VladTV on Thursday (May 18), the Brooklyn titan hired the Harlem representative to pen rap verses for Lil Cease. “Puff signed Ma$e so can ya imagine what kind of contract Ma$e got? Because B.I.G. just came off that same contract,” the director shared. ...

In September of 1994, photographs were taken of The D.O.C., The Notorious B.I.G., Craig Mack, and Saafir together. The historic moment combining MCs from Texas, New York, California happened backstage at Chicago, Illinois’ Riviera Theatre. That month, Bad Boy Records was amid its “Big Mack” campaign, when Craig Mack released Project: Funk Da World and Biggie Smalls delivered Ready To Die one week later. As Saafir promoted his debut Boxcar Sessions, The D.O.C. was in between periods helping write for Dr. Dre’s The Chronic and Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle, and he would return to rapping as a solo artist. ...

During an episode of Iconic Records podcast, Kent told the story of how LL had the instrumentals for both tracks in his possession at one point. However, the “Doin’ It” emcee failed to “listen to it properly,” resulting in the fumbled bag. The acclaimed DJ recalled a moment when the Junior M.A.F.I.A hit was going crazy in New York City’s Tunnel nightclub, and LL approached him over the record. “[‘Player’s Anthem’] rings off in the Tunnel,” Clark Kent began. “[Kap] plays it like 10 times in a row. Now, me and Biggie are standing against one of the walls in the Tunnel. LL COOL J’s walking by and the club’s going crazy. I’m like, ‘Yo, wassup?’ And he goes, ‘Yo, what is this?’ I was like, ‘It’s the new joint with Big and his crew.’ He was like, ‘Who did this?’ I was like, ‘I did.’ He was like, ‘Yo, dawg, I need a joint like that.'” ...