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Listen to many a rapper's tracks and the rhymes of other fellow lyricists are sure to pop up during the listen. While some critics may write that off as an artist none too creative, Jay-Z is justifying his use of Notorious B.I.G.'s words in his songs...

Lil' Kim fans won't get the chance to hear a final version of her featured verse on Monica's 'Anything (to Find Love)' due to one late rapper's mother. The Brooklyn Queen Bee's lyrics were taken off the song after Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B...

With a new album in the books, Naughty by Nature made their way to the Essence Music Festival to showcase new music but to also pay tribute to slain hip-hop pioneers Tupac Shakur and Biggie, Saturday (July 2). Naughty frontman Treach, who was a longtime friend of Shakur, addressed the unsolved murders of both rappers, which occurred at the height of an East Coast West Coast beef...

Summertime is finally upon us, and while there's nothing like kicking back in the sun, barbecuing up a storm or jumping in the pool to escape the heat, a musical soundtrack can make or break any good experience...

Trustees of Brooklyn rap icon Notorious B.I.G.'s estate, including his mother Voletta Wallace and widow Faith Evans, have partnered with a marketing company to begin branding Biggie's name. Signing a licensing deal with Brand Sense Partners, the trustees of the fallen hip-hop legend's estate have begun the first steps towards licensing and merchandising his name and likeness...

Today (May 21) marks the birth of one of hip-hop's most gifted MCs: the Notorious B.I.G. The Brooklyn native, had it not been for his tragic death on March 9, 1997, at the age of 24, would have been celebrating his 39th birthday most likely alongside his mother, Voletta Wallace and his two children, T'yanna and CJ...

Legendary Compton, Calif. rapper-producer DJ Quik has revealed that he was an initial suspect in the Los Angeles Police Department's investigation of the 1997 murder of the Notorious B.I.G. In the wake of the recent release of F.B.I. files on the murders of 2Pac and Biggie, Quik told HipHopDX...

The FBI has been revamping its website and a brand new feature called the Vault should yield some interesting finds. The site, which contains more than 2,000 documents that have been scanned from paper into digital copies, has unveiled the FBI records belonging to Notorious B...

On the 14th anniversary of the death of legendary Brooklyn MC Notorious B.I.G., former protege Lil' Kim has revealed that she believes the United States Government was behind the unsolved murder. While it has long been rumored that embittered rivals Biggie and Tupac Shakur were shot down by everyone from Death Row Records founder Suge Knight to the C...

Saigon recently revealed that Jay-Z took a bunch of the beats Just Blaze made for him, including the one that became "Kingdom Come." "Jay-Z was jacking for beats baby," Saigon explained. "We were working at Baseline and we're like a close family...