Biggie, who was born Christopher Wallace in Brooklyn, signed with Bad Boy Records in 1993. His first album, "Ready to Die," has sold more than 6 million copies.

He could make you think”: How Biggie Smalls became a rap legend On the anniversary of Christopher Wallace's 50th birthday, Justin Tinsley writes The Notorious B.I.G.'s biography By D. Watkins ...

Biggie was 22 when Ready to Die came out; it would be the only album released during his lifetime. He was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997, just two weeks before his ...

Then there's Biggie's mother, who seems to believe that hip-hop's regional dispute was behind her son's death. "All it was was a Puffy and Suge Knight war," says the Jamaican-born Wallace.

Tupac, Biggie and Jay-Z’s Emmy Nods: “You Never Thought Hip-Hop Would Take It This Far” As the art form celebrates its 50th anniversary, three artists who are among the most important ...

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“I feel like back then everyone was listening to a lot of the same thing,” Gupta adds, “which is very interesting for me to dig in and see that.” But at the end of the day, Guidry makes a ...

Jadakiss has long been regarded as having one of the most memorable rap voices in the history of the genre, thus he is the ideal candidate to decide who else in the culture deserves to make that list.

T’yanna Wallace, daughter of rap legend, Biggie Smalls, has posted a $1.5 million dollar bond for Tyshawn Baldwin, her longtime boyfriend and the father of her daughter Thailah. According to Fox ...

On Biggie's funeral procession in Brooklyn Brooklyn woke up on the morning of March 9th to the news that you didn't even think was possible: Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.I.G. murdered in Los Angeles.