The Notorious B.I.G. did the crown photo shoot days before his death. For this photo shoot, Claiborne had another idea: to style Biggie like the king he was.

Notorious B.I.G.'s $6 Plastic Crown Sells for Nearly $600K at Auction The New York rapper wore the crown in a famous photoshoot shortly before he was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1997 By ...

A plastic crown worn by the Notorious B.I.G. during the rapper’s "King of New York" photoshoot sold for $595,000 at a Sotheby’s auction.

The crown worn by Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace in his last photo shoot before he died sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $475,000 — despite its original $6 price tag.

A plastic crown worn by the Notorious B.I.G. during his last portrait session before he was killed sold in an auction for nearly $600,000 on Tuesday. The item features a signature from the rapper ...

A $6 plastic crown worn by the Notorious BIG during a now iconic photoshoot three days before his death sold for $594,750 last night at Sotheby’s in New York, far surpassing it’s $200,000 to ...

PHIL CARUSODerek Luke, right, plays a pre-"Diddy" Sean Combs opposite Jamal Woolard as Biggie Smalls in "Notorious," which chronicles the life and death of rapper Notorious B.I.G. Notorious. (R ...

A crown adorned with plastic jewels, famously worn by Notorious B.I.G. during his last ever photo shoot, sold for $594,750 at a hip hop-inspired auction in New York on Tuesday evening.

Next is Notorious B.I.G.‘s crown, seen in the picture above, ... “Anybody who lived through the ’90s knows Biggie’s crown,” senior Sotheby’s ... Notorious BIG, sothebys, Tupak Shakur.

The image of Notorious B.I.G. is well-known and considered a part of Hip-Hop history. The “One More Chance” rapper stands before a blood-red backdrop wearing a golden crown.