NotoriousB.i.g.

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...

Hot 97 radio personality Miss Info unearthed a vintage clip of late hip-hop icon Notorious B.I.G. performing his classic 'Big Poppa (So So Def Remix),' on talk show host Jon Stewart's short-lived MTV show, circa 1995. The footage depicts Biggie looking dapper in a beige three-piece suit, white scarf and fedora, backed up by Puff Daddy in a black three-piece, Lil' Cease in a vest and shirtsleeves,

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...

"You still a protégé, that's the reason I don't holler," Drake declares on the track 'A Scorpio's Mind.' Well, no disrespect to Drake, but that's how he started out. Alongside every great rap leader is an upcoming protégé -- learning the ropes of the craft in the hopes of excelling in the Hip-Hop School of Thought, paving a way for themselves. Protégés start out wet beh...

A false report stating that rapper Tupac Shakur is alive and living out of the country, sent the Internet into a fury over the weekend, crashing the website from which the story originated. The story, originally posted on PBS's NewsHour blog, was the act of hackers who broke into the site and posted the news...

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...

It's no secret that the Notorious B.I.G. was a ladies' man, and his close associate Sean "Diddy" Combs saw firsthand how he got the girls. In an upcoming FADER Magazine cover story on the slain rapper, the Bad Boy mogul recalls how he acted around women, declaring him a "charmer" and a "gentleman...