The Notorious BIG
Take All Our Money: A Notorious B.I.G. NFT Collection Is On The Way
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: L. Busacca / Getty Twenty-five years ago today (March 9) the Hip-Hop world suffered a devastating loss when the legendary The Notorious B.I.G was gunned down in Los Angeles. And while the King of NY was only two albums into his career his legacy and enormous shadow continues to be felt in pop culture today. A few weeks after his shocking death, Biggie’s classic sophomore album Life After Death hit shelves and immediately cemented his legacy as a G.O.A.T in the game and to commemorate the album’s release a Notorious B.I.G. NFT collection will soon be available for Biggie fanatics to partake in. Green Web3 company OneOf will be partnering with late-great artist’s estate to compile a NFT collection to be minted on Tezos with a portion of the proceeds go...
The Notorious B.I.G.’s Old Brooklyn Apartment Is Up For Sale For $1.7M
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Anything even remotely connected to the likes of The Notorious B.I.G. will cost you an arm and a leg. So it should be interesting to see if anyone’s willing to put down big paper on the King of New York’s former home in Brooklyn, New York. According to The New York Post, Biggie’s old Brooklyn digs have just hit the market and the price is a modest $1.7 million (modest by New York prices anyway). Though he rapped about living in New Jeruz (New Jersey) in many of his songs, Big also lived at this Fort Greene residence with his wife, Faith, and daughter Chyna until his untimely death in 1997. The current owner, custom designer, Carolina Duncan gave it a “chic artistic haven” makeover since purchasing the property in 2011 and turned it...
The Notorious B.I.G.’s 10 Best Freestyles & Guest Verses
Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty Today (March 9) marks the 24th anniversary of the death of the OG King of New York and Hip-Hop icon, The Notorious B.I.G. Only 24-years-old at the time, Biggie had ascended from a revered New York MC to global superstar in just a matter of a few short years and to this day is considered by millions to be the greatest rapper of all-time. Classic hits like “Juicy,” “Big Poppa” and “One More Chance (Remix)” propelled him to a stratosphere few artists experienced in the age of beepers, pay phones, and snail mail. In other words, Biggie didn’t have nor need social media to crown him king in Hip-Hop’s golden era of legendary rappers, crews, and producers. To celebrate the life and memory of The Notorious B.I.G. a.k.a. Biggie a.k.a. Big Poppa a.k.a Frank White a.k...
