The Notorious B.I.G.

SPINNING IN THE GRACE Posthumous record releases from The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur give rise to ethical questions The Notorious B.I.G.’s last album was titled Life After Death (Bad Boy, 1997), but one has to wonder whether the late rap star would’ve really wanted to be reincarnated in the form of a collection of outtakes, demos, and collaborations pasted together without his consent.   Would Tupac have wanted all eyes on him if it meant the release of music he may have intended...Read Full Story

CHANGE CLOTHES—AND GO The Notorious B.I.G. started out dressed for the streets, but Puffy & Co. turned him from ashy to classy. In a nondescript Manhattan club one night in 1993, two future hiphop icons were in their de regueur, ‘hood-certified garb: army fatigues and Timberland boots. Veteran New York Television/radio personality Ralph McDaniels recalls the no-frills scene clearly. “I have footage of the Notorious B.I.G. and Nas at that party on the mic,” he say slughing. “And there’s...Read Full Story

The VIBE family will never stop mourning the death of The Notorious B.I.G. Brooklyn's beloved "King of Hip-Hop" continues to influence rappers and hip-hop fans alike. In exactly 30-days, we'll reach the 15-year anniversary of his passing. VIBE will be commemorating his legacy with daily posts dedicated to the MC we call Biggie Smalls. In addition to exclusive content, you'll be able to read excerpts from the VIBE book, UNBELIEVABLE The Life, Death, and Afterlife of The Notorious B.I.G...Read Full Story

0.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5 0 votes, 0.00 avg. rating ( 0 % score) TMZ Former bodyguard Michael Clarke Duncan has revealed he was assigned to protect Notorious B.I.G. on the night the tragic rapper was killed. The Green Mile actor, who was a security-man-for-hire before his acting career took off, has confessed he was assigned to guard the heavyweight star at the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles in March, 1997, but he swapped the job with a pal...Read Full Story

It seems that trouble keeps finding Sean Diddy Combs . On the lower level, he got into with someone at a club about “not drinking Ciroc vodka”…okay… It got so serious that T.I. had to calm down the rapper /CEO. TIP got on the radio and explained how the story was blown out of porportion. On a more serious note, the Bad Boy CEO is being accused of being behind the murder of Biggie Smalls – to the point of being the man that hired that gunman to kill him. These speculations are being thrown...Read Full Story