When Christopher George Latore Wallace/ The Notorious B.I.G / Biggie Smalls was killed in an LA drive-by in 1997, the East-Coast legend of loose and easy flow was sorely mourned. From that day forth, his contribution to the genre has been mercilessly celebrated.
Today Biggie would’ve turned 41 years-old, and we duly pay our respects by way of video.
“Would Jay be anywhere without Biggie?” ask lots of people who convene on the topic of music.
Always gets a run at any substandard or epic party.
The second single from the posthumous Life After Death, “Mo Money Mo Problems” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks— overriding “I’ll Be Missing You”, Puff Daddy and Faith Evans’s tribute to his death.
In all of its low budget, B+W glory, Biggie’s first ever single. Eyes peeled for cameos from Sean Combs and a then unknown Lil’ Kim.
Here’s that free flow. He’s 17. Also, how good are trolls:
Happy Birthday Biggie; here’s to you <3
