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Biggie's Kids Score Huge Gig

AP | Posted 05.11.2013 | Black Voices

NEW YORK -- The children of late rapper Notorious B.I.G. will star in an animated series about maintaining the hip-hop legend's New York City recordin...

PHOTOS: Remembering Biggie Smalls

The Huffington Post | Erin Clements | Posted 03.08.2013 | Celebrity

Saturday (March 9) marks the 16th anniversary of Biggie Smalls' untimely death at age 24. The inimitable rapper, born Christopher Wallace, made hea...

WATCH: Remembering Biggie 15 Years Later

Posted 03.09.2012 | Black Voices

March 9, 1997 marked a tragic day in the world of hip hop with the passing of Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace. Gunned down at the age of 24...

Mysterious Celebrity Deaths

Posted 01.18.2012 | Celebrity

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Random Midday Cuteness: Baby Loves Biggie

Stacia L. Brown | Posted 01.11.2012 | Black Voices
Stacia L. Brown

Oh, man. This is adorable.

'Planet Rock' Shows The Power Of Hip-hop

Bené Viera | Posted 11.26.2011 | Black Voices
Bené Viera

This year's 15th annual Urbanworld Film Festival showcased Planet Rock: The Story of the Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation . The documentary explores hip-hop's intrinsic relationship with a generation growing up during a time crack when was ruining families.

Our Burning House: A Eulogy for Biggie Smalls

Smokey Fontaine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Smokey Fontaine

On the anniversary of Biggie Smalls' death, I find myself thinking about the rapper as a cultural hero. Hip-hop, after all, is our dominant culture -- it socializes us, and teaches us about life.

Dan Black Gives Us Symphonies, Discusses Mashups and "Awesome Bizarreness"

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jon Chattman

I spoke with the hybrid innovator about his current album and living life in the "synthscape," as his bio calls it.2010-06-09-danblack.jpg

Mojo Morgan: Rock Out, With Your Locks Out

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Timothy Cooper

If Bob Marley and U2 had a chance to record a song together, it would sound like rasta-rock, a new genre of music pioneered by Brooklyn-born artist Mojo Morgan.

P. Diddy Comes Clean On Notorious Fellatio (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

If you've ever wondered about the audio interlude in Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die in which, by all aural indications, Biggie is receiving oral sex,...

Inside the GOP Hip-Hop Revival Tent

Patrick Sauer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Patrick Sauer

It's a jungle out there and sometimes in the privacy of their own gated communities the Grand Old Party wonders how they're going to keep from going under.

Four Stabbed At After-Party For Biggie Smalls Movie "Notorious"

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

NEW YORK — Police say four men were stabbed at a New York City nightclub advertising an after-party for the film premiere of "Notorious" about r...

Notorious: The Biggie Biopic is Great But it Still Doesn't Answer, "Who Shot Ya?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Raymond Leon Roker

Notorious is the first biopic of a hip-hop personality. Think about that as both an awesome milestone, as well as a sad testament for hip-hop.