March 9, 1997 is a date that will forever be etched in the minds of rap fans worldwide as the day "the greatest rapper of all time" died (word to Canibus). In the early morning hours, The Notorious ...

The Notorious B.I.G. was known as a local rapper in Brooklyn before he became a household name thanks to a magazine column before he signed his record deal. In the early 1990s, The Source writer ...

The Notorious B.I.G., a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, is an undisputed icon in hip-hop history. The Brooklyn-bred rapper popularized the gangsta rap movement in New York in the 1990s, and eventually changed his ...

With his irrepressible charisma, dynamic lyricism and knack for making hits, The Notorious B.I.G. was already a larger-than-life figure at the time of his death in 1997. However, even he couldn't get ...

To be a great emcee, one must not only be able to string together sentences that end in a rhyme, but also have the skill to paint a picture for the listener. In hip-hop, the storyteller is often held ...

The Notorious B.I.G. has been covered many times on our site and there is little more we can add to cement the man’s greatness as a rapper, lyricist, and Hip-Hop icon. On the 26th anniversary of his ...

Timberland is releasing a collaborative effort with the estate of Christopher Wallace. Timberland, the unofficial hip-hop footwear of the 1990s, is releasing a collaborative effort with the estate of ...

Today (March 9) marks the 24th anniversary of the death of the OG King of New York and Hip-Hop icon, The Notorious B.I.G. Only 24-years-old at the time, Biggie had ascended from a revered New York MC ...

"I have no memory of my dad, but I've been told so many stories about him and how much we are similar," C.J. Wallace tells PEOPLE of his late father Biggie Smalls, who died when he was a baby It's ...

“It was all a dream/I used to read Word Up! magazine,” famously rapped the Notorious B.I.G. on his 1994 breakout hit “Juicy.” And three years later, he was living the dream before it all came to a ...

Ginsburg and hip hop legend Christopher Wallace – aka the original “Notorious BIG” – shared a Brooklyn-born birthright forged in the crucible of a borough famous for producing icons (Jay-Z anyone?) ...