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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Notorious B.I.G. made an immeasurable and untenable impact on ...

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31 years ago, the late The Notorious B.I.G. released Big Poppa, a record that would permanently shift his trajectory and reshape how Hip Hop crossed into the mainstream. Arriving as a single from his ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G. and protector of his legacy, died Friday morning. She was 78. Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac ...

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 18: Rapper Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, aka Chris Wallace rolls a cigar outside his mother's house in Brooklyn. (Photo by Clarence Davis/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ...

Jay-Z and The Notorious B.I.G.’s times in the music industry might have only overlapped for less than a year, but the two rappers shared a strong connection. They hailed from the same neighborhood of ...

Diddy's former bodyguard has claimed The Notorious B.I.G. wasn't killed in a drive-by shooting. FBI documents state the "Juicy" rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting on March 9, 1997. "The car was ...

Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G. and protector of his legacy, died Friday morning. She was 78. Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed her death ...

The backstory: By the time The Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, aka Biggie, aka Christopher Wallace) readied his sophomore studio album, anticipation was high. After all, its predecessor – 1994’s ...