Biggie Smalls, also known as the Notorious B.I.G ... Life After Death” among the greatest rap albums of all time. Voletta Wallace participates in an Empire State Building ceremonial lighting ...

Biggie Smalls, born Christopher Wallace ... The Brooklyn native, who released only two studio albums but produced a string of club bangers and platinum songs, left an indelible impact on the ...

Part of the reason Smalls was a prime contender for a VR concert was that he was a star with no live recorded performances. “Biggie lived through two albums and never went on tour,” says ...

recording hits like "Big Poppa," "Juicy" and "Hypnotize," while his 1994 debut album Ready to Die is considered one of the greatest albums of all time. Biggie, whose real name is Christopher ...

Biggie Smalls’s mother, a preschool teacher and ... Biggie was 24 years old and had only recorded two albums when he died. Yet, he had already secured his place in hip-hop history with hits ...

N.Y. and also known as Biggie Smalls — released his debut album Ready to Die in 1994 and posthumously released Life After Death in 1997. The latter is one of the only hip-hop albums to reach ...

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Thursday that Biggie Smalls’s late mother ... M.A.F.I.A. has led to the sale of more than 28 million albums in the United States and a steady rise ...

Fans of the late Notorious B.I.G. (more commonly referred to as Biggie Smalls) are in for a treat ... of his classic hip-hop records across his albums, Ready To Die and Life After Death.

“Biggie Smalls is an absolute icon of our city, someone whose talent and artistry were honed right here on Fulton Street in Brooklyn,” said Laurie Cumbo, commissioner for the NYC Department of ...

Faith Evans and Lil’ Kim, along with Biggie Smalls’ children and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ son Christian, came together on Wednesday for the funeral of the late rapper’s mother, Voletta ...

Wallace — better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie — was just 24 ... The design includes one of Biggie’s albums embedded with resin, a neon heart that says ...