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Celebrate The Late Great Notorious B.I.G. 48th Birthday With Five Mega Mixes
March 9th, 1997 is the date that we lost one of the most prolific MC's to ever rock a rhyme. With that horrific day cemented in the lexicon of hip-hop history, some of his close friends and family will not promote those 24 hours as "Biggie Day" and opt to use his birthday, May 21st, as the legend's true celebratory time. In the 23 years since his passing, we've seen so many musical odes to the man we call Frank White, Biggie Smalls or just plain ole BIG. In recent times, a few DJs a...
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9 times rappers paid homage to The Notorious B.I.G. through music
In hip hop, few names loom larger than The Notorious B.I.G., who is considered by many as one of the greatest rap artists of all time. Breaking in the industry after joining forces with Sean Diddy Combs, Biggie continued the east coast prominent streak with a pair of rap albums, 1994s Ready to Die, and the posthumously released Life After Death, both of which cemented his status as a bonafide rap phenomenon. Unfortunately, his murder in 1997 left pages of his life story unwritten, one of the bigges...
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FILA Drops New Sneaker Collaboration With The Notorious B.I.G.
FILA is celebrating The Notorious B.I.G. with a new apparel and sneaker collection, inspired by the late rappers signature style and one of the seminal albums in hip-hop history. The FILA x Biggie Collection is available on FILA.com today, and expands to select retailers on May 21st to coincide with what would have been the rappers 48th birthday. The six-piece range includes a T-shirt and visor straight from FILAs archives, as well as a new sneaker style, with each piece offered in two col...
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Drake Reveals B.I.G. in His Top Five Rappers of All Time
My top 5 is Biggie, Hov, Wayne, Young Tony, and 3000 since nobody asked, Drake wrote in the caption, which has quickly attracted numerous likes and comments. Drake took to the comments section of Instagram yesterday to share a list of his top-five favourite rappers of all time. Commenting on a post by the Toronto-based rapper Young Tony (also known as OVO Hush), in which Tony had shared an image of some of his early mixtapes, Drake took the opportunity to reveal the artists whod ... -
André Harrell Brought the Notorious B.I.G. To the World Truth Behind Biggies Musical Debut
Most people know that the Notorious B.I.G. was discovered by The Source through our Unsigned Hype franchise, but did you know that the first major label that Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls was signed to was Uptown Records? Back in the day, Sean Puff Daddy Combs had just become the A&R at the Hip-Hop label. In the March 1992 issue of The Sources Matty C selected Biggies demo to be his monthly selection for Unsigned Hype. Produced by DJ 50 Grand, the epic three-song demo, was the firs...
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An Unreleased Notorious B.I.G. Track Called Bastard Child Has Surfaced
Its been over two decades since one of the late great rapper passed, but over the weekend, a new Notorious B.I.G. track has surfaced. The track is called Bastard Child, and features a never-before-heard verse from the legendary hip-hop figure. The second verse is in fact his original bars from Dead Wrong before Eminem was added. Statik Selektah is credited with the production, and he can also be credited for bringing this track to light. Its not every day that you wake up to fin... -
Lil' Cease Claims The Notorious B.I.G. Thought Jay-Z Was Better
The Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z are two of hip-hop's biggest rappers and apparently, Biggie thought Hov was the better MC. During an Instagram Live conversation on Monday (April 20) between Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s Lil' Cease, who was also a close friend of B.I.G., and Smoke DZA, Cease recounted a time when Biggie said he thought Jay-Z was the better rapper. "Like, we really fuck with them," Cease began. "Like, once Big met him at the Palladium and they bonded just on some G shit 'cause they re...
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Fat Joe Says He Remembers Notorious B.I.G. Recording Hypnotize With A Pad In His Hand
TT Torrez and DJ Bobby Trends catch up with Fat Joe on the latest episode of Artist Quarantine!He details how he is handling the stay at home orders due to COVID-19, how hes planning his next project, and even shares a rare story about The Notorious B.I.G. recording the 1997 hit single, Hypnotize.
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Snoop Dogg Dissing The Notorious B.I.G. Goes Viral
A song from Snoop Dogg dissing the Notorious B.I.G. released back in 2009, has the internet going crazy. Hip Hop journalist The Art of Dialogue via his official Instagram account questions why no interviewer has ever asked Snoop about dissing Biggie Smalls. Sure, the song is over twenty plus years old, and this is no attempt to stir up old wounds, but The Art of Dialogue and many others have a legitimate argument.You can clearly hear him taking a shot at #BiggieSmalls. I find it weird that no...
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Famed hip-hop photographer Chi Modu sues Notorious B.I.G. estate over pic dispute
A famed hip-hop photographer who used his iconic image of Biggie Smalls to sell snowboards claims the rappers estate has been trying to ruin his business after a payment dispute.Chi Modu, known for his shots of legends like Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dog, the Notorious B.I.G. and others, is suing the company that manages Biggies estate after it labeled him a parasite in an ongoing court battle. The rift began in 2018, Modu claims, after he wanted the estate to pay more to use a 1996 pict...
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