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Notorious B.I.G.: The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready To Die' at 25: 9 surprising things about the era-defining album

submitted by Nick Sep 10th 2019 10:00 pm (www.nme.com)

The rapper's seminal debut album turns a quarter of a century this week (September 13)The Notorious B.I.G. in 1996The Notorious B.I.G.‘s ‘Ready To Die’ – his only album released in his lifetime – is widely considered to be one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Since its release in 1994, it’s inspired countless rappers in Biggie’s wake and secured his legacy as a raw and real storyteller. On Friday (September 13), […]The post The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready To Die' at 25: 9 surprising things about the era-defining album appeared first on NME.

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Death: Uncle Of Prime Suspect In Tupac’s Death Claims To Know Identity Of Rapper’s Murderer

submitted by Nick Jul 3rd 2018 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)

More than two decades after his death in a hail of bullets, new details are emerging in the murder of Tupac Shakur. The USA Network documentary Unsolved: The Murders Of Tupac And The Notorious B.I.G. contains a confession from former gang member Keffe D (born Duane Keith Davis), who claims that he was in a…

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Notorious B.I.G.: XXXTentacion Becomes First Lead Artist To Earn Posthumous #1 Single Since Notorious B.I.G.

submitted by Nick Jun 25th 2018 06:00 pm (stereogum.com)

XXXTentacion posthumously tops the Billboard Hot 100, as his single "Sad!" jumps from #52 to #1 for its first week atop the chart. The song, which had first peaked at #7 on March 31, reaches the summit after the rapper/singer died June 18 at age 20 after being shot in Deerfield, Florida.

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Notorious B.I.G.: Hear Kendrick Lamar Freestyle Over Classic Notorious B.I.G. Beats

submitted by Nick Mar 9th 2015 10:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Kendrick Lamar set the internet roiling last Friday night when he casually tweeted a link to his album’s release date — exactly two weeks from now on 3/23. In the lead-up to the eventual drop of the Compton rapper’s sophomore album, he’s been doing the typical media appearances but delivering atypical cont...

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Rick Ross: – “Nobody” (Feat. French Montana & Diddy) Video

submitted by Nick Feb 27th 2014 11:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Last week Rick Ross released the Mastermind track “Nobody” as a single, and Tom noted that French Montana’s hook repurposes the Notorious B.I.G.’s “You’re Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You),” sending Rozay’s already high “Biggie Smalls corpse-humpery levels”...

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Notorious B.I.G.: Brooklyn Community Board Objects To Notorious B.I.G. Street Corner Proposal

submitted by Nick Oct 17th 2013 06:00 pm (stereogum.com)

The Brooklyn neighborhood of Clinton Hill is a very different place right now from what it was when the Notorious B.I.G. grew up there. Lately, an online petition has circulated, asking to have the corner of St. James Place and Fulton Street, near the apartment where a young Biggie lived with his mother, as “Christopher [...]

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