The murders of Tupac Shakur in 1996 and Biggie Smalls in 1997 left a power vacuum in the hip-hop world which both Jay-Z and Nas jumped to fill. Each quickly proclaimed themselves asthe “King” of New York, releasing several critically-acclaimed albums with tracks calling one another out....
This success confirmed Biggie Smalls's place among rap royalty and solidified the dominance of East Coast hip hop during the mid-90s. Tragically, at just 24 years old on March 9th, 1997, Wallace met an untimely death when he became a victim of a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. His ...
november 18 the industry veteran was best known for his work at cbs records/sony music in nashville and later as a consultant. in 2003, martinovich and a trio of partners launched the consortium, which offered strategic consulting for broken bow records (bbr). [ more ] jay david saks, 79...
Not to be confused with the same-named Hitchcock noir, this 2009 biopic charts the rise and fall of the hip-hop superstar born Christopher George Latore Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls and, of course,The Notorious B.I.G.Selected for the lead role over fellow rappersBeanie Sigeland Nissim Black,...
He died at a local hospital six days later at the age of 25. His killer still remains unknown, however, many have theorized that Tupac’s murder was the result his East Coast/West Coast feud with rapper Biggie Smalls. Sam Cooke Hulton Archive, Images Sam Cooke Singer Sam Cooke was was ...
Jonathan Bernbaum was a precocious little boy. At age 3, he understood that his father had a PhD, often telling people, “My daddy’s a doctor, but not the kind that fixes people.” A year later, his family took him to see the original “Star Wars” trilogy, expecting him to get ...
T La Rock was one of the pioneers of hip-hop, an old-school legend sampled by Public Enemy and Nas. But after a brutal attack put him in a nursing home, he had to fight to recover his identity, starting with the fact that he’d ever been a rapper at all.
“That's something private that I just was not going to put in until the Supreme Court got rid of Roe v. Wade,”Bishop told PEOPLE. "And more and more women — actresses, but other celebrity-type women — were coming out of my generation, saying, ‘I had an abortion. I had an ab...
Lockhart was perhaps best known for his roles as; Reverend Deke O'Malley in the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem and Biggie Smalls in the 1975 Warner Bros. film Let's Do It Again. Age: Dec. at 72 (1934-2007) Birthplace: Nassau, Bahamas Also ranks #14 on 15 Things We Never Knew ...
Victor Gustav Bloede I (March 14, 1849 – March 27, 1937), (pronounced as Blerda) was a chemist and manufacturer of chemicals, president of the Victor G. Bloede Company, and businessman. Age: Dec. at 88 (1849-1937) Birthplace: Dresden, Germany Chuck Hoberman Inventor, Architect, Engineer...