Rap star the Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls) was tragically gunned down in March of 1997. His recording partner Puff Daddy (now known as Diddy) put together this moving memorial with Smalls' widowFaith Evansand the vocal group 112. It memorably samples the Police classic "Every Breath Yo...
? Surviving the Times If Biggie Smalls and Marvin Gaye had ever had a chance to collaborate on a track, this is what it would sound like.Throwback hip-hop with a hint of Motown blues - perfection. This deserves to be ranked higher.If you haven't yet, give it a listen, and you'll...
26. “Lyrically, I’m supposed to represent.”–Biggie Smalls 27. “I’m blowing up like you thought I would/Call the crib, same number, same hood, it’s all good.”–Biggie Smalls 28. “Never lose, never choose to.”–Biggie Smalls 29. “Spread love, it’s the Brooklyn way.”...
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Christopher George Latore Wallace, born in 1972 – died in 1997. He was an American rapper known by his stage name Biggie Smalls. He is regarded as one of the all-time great rappers and was a key player in the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1990s. He recorded his first demo tape ...
Eventually dubbing himself Biggie Smalls, then later, the Notorious B.I.G., Wallace's tales about violent street life take him to the top of the rap charts. The subject he so often raps about catches up with him in March of 1997, when he is shot to death after leaving a party. ...
He would lay down funky grooves with the kick pedal on songs like Hand of Doom and Behind the Wall of Sleep that could just as easily exist in a Biggie Smalls song as in a metal song, and would then proceed to destroy your mind with lightning-fast fills. The man had hands like a ...
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Megan Thee Stallion knows how long you’ve been waiting for her debut studio album, soGood Newsdoesn’t waste time with warm-ups. On track one, she’s roasting Tory Lanez to the tune of Biggie Smalls’s “Who Shot Ya?” On track two, she’s dancing you in “Circles” on the song...
He started as a talent manager at Uptown Records, before founding his own label Bad Boy Records, in 1993. He had talented artistes such as Mary J Blige, Usher, Mase, and most of all Biggie Smalls AKA Notorious. P Diddy profited from Notorious, especially from his feud with Tupac, which...