The musician doesn’t mind calling cap on the questioning of his talent ... Wallace), often referred to by the shortened name Biggie Smalls, is at the center of Usher’s latest praise session.

On Sept. 13, 1994, the same day President Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, rapper Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls, or the Notorious B.I.G ...

Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls performing at Meadowlands, New Jersey, 29 June 1995. (Photo credit: David Corio/Redferns via Bang Media) The sage of Biggie Smalls continues, as Angie Martinez ...

"You can't talk about the story of hip-hop without mentioning the name Biggie Smalls," Tinsley says. "He's also a reminder of what the genre has survived. Like, [along with Tupac Shakur], this ...