Here are 30 albums (in order by release date ... “Ready to Die” by Notorious B.I.G. East Coast rapper Biggie Smalls dropped his debut on Sept. 13 on Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs’ Bad Boy ...

The Notorious B.I.G. was killed when he was 24 years old ... The latter is one of the only hip-hop albums to reach diamond status, selling 10 million copies. On March 9, 1997, Biggie was leaving ...

In an interview with 'The Morning Hustle,' Xscape's Tameka "Tiny" Harris and Kandi Burruss recalld how The Notorious B.I.G. apologized to them before his death after previously taking aim at the R&B ...

Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s mother, had been heavily involved with his estate, which released several albums after his passing, including “Life After Death,” “Born Again,” and ...

When The Notorious B.I.G. was preparing his debut album, Ready to Die, he had a promotional song, “Just Playing (Dreams)” that dissed the members of the girl group, Xscape. One of the members ...

As sad and painfully poetic as it is, Ready to Die (1994) was the only full-length album Notorious B.I.G. released while he ... as one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.

On this day in Hip Hop history, the late Notorious B.I.G. released his second posthumous ... debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and selling 485,000 albums in the first week.

Primary Wave has acquired half of the rights to The Notorious B.I.G.s catalog as well as his name, image, likeness, The Wall Street Journal reports. Shortly before Biggie’s mother, Voletta ...

The Notorious B.I.G.'s mom Voletta Wallace has died at 78. The Monroe County Coroner's Office announced her death in a press release Friday. Coroner Thomas A. Yanac said Wallace died of natural ...