Fans of Biggie Smalls packed subway stations across Brooklyn Saturday to score commemorative MetroCards honoring the late hip-hop rappers 50th birthday. About 50,000 cards were packed in MetroCard machines at four stations in Brooklyn, which was home to Biggie, aka the late great Notorious B.I.G.. People were lined up about 100 at a time, waiting for hours at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station for a crack at buying some of the cards, which featured a portrait of the late rapper....
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Fans flood Brooklyn subway stations for Notorious BIG MetroCards on his 50th birthday
Fans of Biggie Smalls packed subway stations across Brooklyn Saturday to score commemorative MetroCards honoring the late hip-hop rappers 50th birthday. About 50,000 cards were packed in MetroCard machines at four stations in Brooklyn, which was home to Biggie, aka the late great Notorious B.I.G.. People were lined up about 100 at a time, waiting for hours at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station for a crack at buying some of the cards, which featured a portrait of the late rapper.... -
HEAR IT: New track G.O.A.T by Notorious B.I.G. released on eve of 50th birthday blitz
What would a Biggie birthday blitz be without new music? Well, newish, that is.Thanks to modern technology, the revered hip-hop legends musical legacy lives on with the newly released track appropriately titled G.O.A.T.One day before what would have been The Notorious B.I.G.s 50th birthday, Bad Boy / Atlantic / Rhino Records released what it considers his first track in 17 years.Produced by G.O.A.T. (an acronym for Greatest Of All Time), the posthumous song features Ty Dolla $ign and Nigeria... -
Nyc mayor eric adams honors the notorious b.i.g. At city hall!
New York City Mayor Eric Adams saluted Brooklyn icon The Notorious B.I.G. at City Hall this past Thursday ahead of what would have been Biggies 50th birthday. On hand in City Hall was C.J. Wallace, the song of Biggie, and Chief Advisor Dr. Ingrid Lewis-Martin. Adams spoke to the impact of Biggies life and the work that he created that lives on today.
Biggie Smalls is truly an icon. All of the elected officials, from the top executive in New York City, the public advocate and our attorney general, all grew up on Biggie Smalls, Adams said. According to NY1, Adams also highlighted the way Biggie navigated to stardom with the assistance of his mother, Voletta Wallace. ... -
The Notorious B.I.G.s 50th Birthday Celebrated by Lil Kim, Junior M.A.F.I.A. & More at NYC Gala
Family and friends of late hip-hop icon The Notorious B.I.G. gathered for the 2nd Annual Biggie Dinner Gala at Guastavinos in New York City on Friday (May 20). Hosted by Lil Kim and presented by Lexus and Pepsi, the event was in celebration of Biggie Smalls 50th birthday on Saturday. Although 25 years have passed since his tragic death, the rappers legacy has been kept alive through monumental occasions over the years. With a vibe similar to that of a warm family reunion, the evening started ...
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NYC to mark Notorious B.I.G.'s 50th birthday, MTA unveils special MetroCard
BROOKLYN, New York City (WABC) -- New York City is preparing to honor the late rapper Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls and the Notorious B.I.G., who would have turned 50 on May 21. The MTA, in partnership with Rhino Entertainment, has announced that MetroCard vending machines at four Brooklyn subway stations will be loaded with limited edition cards honoring the Bedford-Stuyvesant native. ... -
Biggest names in hip-hop pay tribute to Notorious B.I.G. to mark 50th birthday
NEW YORK -- New York City is honoring one of its most legendary home-grown entertainers -- the Notorious B.I.G. He would have turned 50 on Saturday, and some of the biggest names in hip-hop paid tribute to him Friday night. As CBS2's Thalia Perez reports, dozens of music industry heavy hitters stepped out for Biggie Smalls, considered one of the most influential rappers of all time.
"Almost everyone knows who he is. If you don't, like, where have you been? But I want to see the whole world, I want to see so many positive things come out of this," rapper Lil' Kim said. ... -
Empire State Building to Honor Notorious B.I.G.s 50th Birthday With Crown on Its Mast
New York City, the Notorious B.I.G.s hometown, will pay tribute to the late rapper on May 21, which would have been his 50th birthday. On that day, the legendary Empire State Building will change its lights color to red and white, with a crown spinning on its mast in honor of the late rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace and who died in 1997 at the age of just 24. The day before, on May 20, the Empire State Building, in partnership with Bad Boy / Atlantic / Rhino Records, will hos...
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Afrobeats Superstar Tiwa Savage Lights Up Brooklyn, Pays Homage to the late great Notorious B.I.G.
Nigerian-British singer Tiwa Savage is a relatively new presence to most American music fans, but shes been honing her craft for many years. After moving from Nigeria to London as a child, she began singing backup for George Michael and Mary J. Blige as a teenager. She participated in the British edition of The X Factor and graduated from Berklee College of Music, and then moved back to Nigeria and in short order became a major star, with her debut, Once Upon a Time, being nominated for album o...
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Lebron James names Notorious B.I.G.'s classic Life After Death among his top 5 Hip Hop Albums
LeBron James is a noted Hip Hop junkie who has spent most of his NBA career rubbing shoulders with raps elite, but which five rap albums rank among the very best for King James? The Los Angeles Lakers superstar answered that very question during a Twitter Q&A on Monday (May 16).
After one of his 51.3 million followers asked him, Top 5 hip hop albums?, LeBron reeled off classics from Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, JAY-Z, The Notorious B.I.G. and Nas. ... -
Notorious BIG heirs square off against widow of hip-hop photog in image rights fight
The heirs of the late Notorious B.I.G. squared off in court against the widow of hip-hop photographer Chi Modu over the right to use images of the rapper on skateboards, shower curtains and nonfungible tokens. Notorious BIG LLC, set up by the mother and wife of Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, asked a judge to stop Sophia Modu from selling merchandise with her late husbands photos of the rapper, claiming it violates their right to publicity. U.S. District Judge John Kronstadt did...
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