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Today In Hip Hop History: The Late Notorious B.I.G. Dropped His Pivotal Crossover Single “Big Poppa” 31 Years Ago

31 years ago, the late The Notorious B.I.G. released Big Poppa, a record that would permanently shift his trajectory and reshape how Hip Hop crossed into the mainstream. Arriving as a single from his ...
The Cheat Sheet

Inside The Notorious B.I.G.’s Star-Studded ‘One More Chance’ Music Video Shoot

Despite “One More Chance” being one of Biggie’s highest-charting singles to date, it almost didn’t get a proper release as a single at all. Sean “Diddy” Combs, Biggie’s friend and the founder of Bad ...
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The Notorious BIG's mom tragically dies 28 years after his death with no answers

The Notorious B.I.G.'s mom, Voletta Wallace has died aged 72, according to sources. Biggie Smalls' mother sadly died on Friday morning in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, according to the Monroe Country ...
The Source Magazine

Celebrating 30 Years of a Classic: The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready to Die” Reissue

The Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album, Ready to Die, is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its release with a special 2-LP reissue featuring newly reimagined limited edition cover art. On September ...
Hip-Hop Wired

Notorious B.I.G.’s 9 Greatest Album Cuts For March 9

This is the song many thought at Tupac after the infamous Quad Studios shooting, but BIG and Junior Mafia always insisted it was not. The sinister beat cooked up by Nashiem Myrick from David Porter’s ...
The Cheat Sheet

1 Line From The Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Big Poppa’ Was Inspired By His Love of Southern Dining

Biggie first started selling drugs in his neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn when he was just 12 years old. At the time, the crack epidemic was ravaging New York in the late 1980s and ...
Hip-Hop Wired

Estate Of Notorious B.I.G. Signs Deal With Primary Wave Music

The family of The Notorious B.I.G. has struck a deal with Primary Wave Music for the late MC’s catalog and more. As reported by Variety, the estate of Biggie Smalls has partnered with the music giant ...
Okayplayer

5K Copies of An Exclusive The Notorious B.I.G. ‘Word Up!’ Issue to Release In September

The Listening: New Music From Ken Carson, Rico Nasty, Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux, Jorja Smith with WizKid, Larry June and More This week’s new music Friday also ...
Fox News

The Notorious BIG, ABBA and 'Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer' to join National Recording Registry

The Library of Congress announced the 25 new titles that will be inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2024. Albums by ABBA, The Notorious B.I.G., Blondie, Green Day and the Chicks are ...
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The Notorious B.I.G. continues to inspire art in Brooklyn

Tuesday would have marked the 52nd birthday of Bed-Stuy native Christopher Wallace, or as most people know him, The Notorious B.I.G. Even 27 years after he was killed, the rapper continues to be a ...
NPR

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson on Lincoln Center's orchestral tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.

THE NOTORIOUS BIG: (Rapping) I love it when you call me Big Poppa. Throw your hands in the air if you's a true player. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Christopher Wallace would have turned 50 this year. And, of ...
Digital Spy

Biggie Smalls 15 years on: Top 5 Notorious BIG videos

As The Notorious BIG, Christopher Wallace released some of the best hip-hop of the 1990s. His murder, six months after the fatal shooting of his West Coast rival Tupac Shakur, left a hole in the genre ...