Diddy and The Notorious B.I.G.’s friendship dates back to the early 1990s. Biggie was at a crossroads in his personal life, having to choose between selling drugs on the streets of Brooklyn or ...
In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. There is dark ...
Hip-hop has always been about appropriation. Not necessarily cultural, but at least formal--it's a genre built on samples, riffs and reinterpretations, making collage out of found parts. In this ...
1997: The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" reached No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 3, 1997. Although the single was originally released in December 1996, Biggie's first single off his final ...
She may not understand all the words, but this baby girl clearly loves her Biggie. Her father David said they tried all sorts of music to calm down their crying daughter– jazz, blues, rock and reggae ...