March 9, 1997, marks a tragic moment in hip-hop history with the shocking murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G. in L.A. The news ...

An avatar of the singer, who died in 1997, performed with live rappers on Meta’s Horizon Worlds. For a moment on Friday, Biggie Smalls was the only man on stage. A spotlight shone on him in his ...

Faith Evans, Lil' Kim, Biggie Smalls’ children and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ son Christian attended the funeral of the Notorious B.I.G.'s’ mother, Voletta Wallace.

New York rapper The Notorious B.I.G., also known as Biggie Smalls, died in 1997 at 24 in a shooting. After her son's death, Wallace was dedicated to keeping his memory alive through advocacy and ...

Weeks after the death of the late rapper’s mother, Voletta Wallace, his estate has finalized a deal with Primary Wave to acquire Biggie’s catalog.

This shop is still spinning. Rock and Soul, the Midtown-based record store credited with nurturing the early careers of Mark Ronson, Wu Tang Clan and Grandmaster Flash, is celebrating its 50th ...

14 Legendary Musicians Who Died Mysteriously, From Biggie Smalls to Jim Morrison. ... in 2014 that the rapper is, in fact, still alive. Even more strange, ...

Voletta Wallace, mother of the late rapper Biggie Smalls (inset), is pictured at the unveiling of a mural honoring her son on Flushing Ave. in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019.

In 2005, she penned a memoir entitled “Biggie: Voletta Wallace Remembers Her Son, Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G.” Four years later, she’d put on a Hollywood hat to help produce ...

Biggie Smalls was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1997 Credit: ... If he had seen me, he would probably still be alive to this day. "I'm a part of that history, as distant as it is.

The Notorious B.I.G. was known to the world as Biggie Smalls, but among his closest friends and family, he was still Christopher Wallace.