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Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker, play a LAPD cop and journalist, respectively, who are on the hunt for Biggie's killer.

Rozay and Miami upstart Mali put their spin on a 90s smash.

Diddy is helping fans honor the late Notorious B.I.G.

Ask any rapper who their biggest influences are and you’ll probably hear the same answers across the board: Big Daddy Kane, Rakim and Kool G Rap on the East Coast, Scarface, Pimp C, and Eightball & MJG in the South, and Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg out West. But why doesn’t anyone mention the most influential rapper of all time, The Notorious B.I.G.?

Two of the biggest New York rappers -- Jay Z and the late Notorious B.I.G. -- appear on the cover of New York Magazine’s 4th annual "Yesteryear" Issue. The mag has several different covers featuring artists in throwback photos to celebrate a century of pop music in New York City.

If you ever wanted to own the home of a hip-hop legend, now's your chance. The apartment at 226 St. James Place that The Notorious B.I.G. lived in as a child was listed for sale yesterday (April 1) at the low price of $725,000. Located in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York, the condo apartment is 972 square feet and features three bedrooms with a den/office...

Notorious B.I.G. and white suburbia don't have much in common, but put the two together and you get hilarious results. "The Smalls Family" is a new web series by Funny or Die user davecat, which shows the inner workings of a nuclear family, with the caveat that they only speak in lyrics from Notorious B...

It's hard to imagine what hip-hop would be were it not for Biggie Smalls. No one could have predicted that a kid from Brooklyn, who labeled himself "Notorious," would go on to change the very fabric of the culture, only to be taken down before his time...

Josh Baze is two months away from releasing his debut album, 'Hi-Heels & Low-Lifes,' but already, he's challenging fans' perceptions. Lest anyone hear the single 'We Made It' and think the rising Brooklyn rhymer is only dropping celebratory verses over triumphant soul backings, the MC has released a cover of dance superstar DeadMau5's popular 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff.' ...

A convicted murderer, long suspected of involvement in the 1994 Quad Studios shooting of Tupac Shakur, has finally admitted to committing the crime, and has accused Game's manager, Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond -- founder of Czar Entertainment -- of masterminding the botched robbery, which left the legendary rapper shot five times...