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WATCH: The Bodega Supercut

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Loosies, Notorious B.I.G., Half Baked, Do the Right Thing, Bodegas, Ny News, Bodega Cats, Bodega Supercut, New York News, David Sherwin, New York News

Racked put together this clever little supercut of bodega clips and naturally, most are from New York-based scenes. Keep an eye out for Spike Lee's Do...

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Notorious BIG's Death: 15 Years Later

www.theboombox.com | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Notorious B.I.G., Notorious Big Dead, Notorious BIG 15 Years, Notorious Big Death Anniversary, Notorious BIG Died, Celebrity News

It's hard to imagine what hip-hop would be were it not for Biggie Smalls. No one could have predicted that a kid from Brooklyn, who labeled himself ...

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A Brief History Of Biggie's Music in Movies

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Biggie Death Anniversary, Biggie Death, Video, Notorious Big Movies, Notorious BIG, Notorious Movie, Remembering Notorious Big, Slidepollajax, Notorious b.i.g. Death, Biggie, Entertainment News

Fifteen years ago, on March 9, 1997, Christopher Wallace -- a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G. -- was shot and killed in Los Angeles. Biggie was in Californi...

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From Graceland To A Galaxy To Further Explorations: Chatting With Jeff Lorber And Eddie Gomez, Plus Paul Simon's Classic Turns 25

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Simon & Garfunkel, Brett Dennen, Chris Botti, Paul Simon, Paul Motian, Pete Tong, Bobby Colomby, Colbie Caillat, Lil? Kim, John Mayer, Eric Marienthal, Notorious B.I.G., Kenny G, Michael Brauer, Joe Berlinger, Bill Evans, Jazz, Jimmy Haslip, Herbie Hancock, Blood Sweat & Tears, Coldplay, Randy Brecker, Chick Corea, Ben Folds, Red Garland, Paul Simon's Graceland, Graceland, Entertainment News

Man, it was 25 years ago. The Grammy-winning album Graceland -- following what was arguably Paul's best album to that point, Hearts And Bones -- helped change the rules of pop music and politics.

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WATCH: Funniest Viral Videos Of The Day

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Bellyflop, The Urlesque Show, Video, Backflip Fail, Viral Videos, Notorious BIG, TV Wipeout, Funny Videos, Baby Loves Notorious Big, Urlesque, Babies, Comedy News

Today's Urlesque Show features two mishaps and a dash of d'aww to make us all feel better. First is a girl in a hot pink bikini who tries a backfli...

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Miles Davis Biopic In The Works

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Miles Davis Biopic, Johnny Cash, George Tillman Jr, Jazz Music, Heroin, Music, Music Biopic, Miles Davis, Miles-Davis-Bitches-Brew, Notorious B.I.G., Notorious, Biopic, Kind-of-Blue, Jazz, Bitches-Brew, Ray Charles, Soul Food, Arts News

An upcoming Miles Davis biopic looks like it will see the light of day after George Tillman Jr. has agreed to direct. Tillman's resume includes the No...

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Random Midday Cuteness: Baby Loves Biggie

Stacia L. Brown | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Notorious B.I.G., Postbourgie, Cute Baby Videos, Cute Videos, Hip-Hop, Biggie Smalls, Cute, Black Voices News

Oh, man. This is adorable.

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WATCH: Baby Loves Notorious B.I.G.?

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Baby Loves Music, Notorious B.I.G., Video, Rap, Funny Babies, Baby Loves Biggie, Baby Loves Notorious b.i.g., Urlesque, Crying Baby Music, Babies, Biggie, Comedy News

Sure, there are plenty of kids out there on the Internet that love their metal or their Iron Maiden, but this little girl rolls a little differently. ...

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Top 5 Unsolved Hip-Hop Murders

newsone.com | David Moye | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Hollyweird, Notorious B.I.G., Jam Master Jay, Soulja Slim, Hip-Hop Murders, Tupac Shakur, Unsolved Murders, Rap Murders, Big L, Video, Crime News

Usually when a celebrity is killed, there is a massive investigation and people reveal anything and everything they know about the situation -- except...

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Man Says He Knows Notorious BIG's Killer, Confesses To Role In Cover Up

Posted 09.04.2011

Clayton Hill, a former member of the Nation of Islam and currently incarcerated at a federal prison in Chicago, has come forward and told HipHopDX.com...

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Man Confesses To Involvement In Robberty, Shooting Of Tupac Shakur In 1994

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Tupac Shakur Living, Notorious BIG Tupac, Notorious BIG, Jimmy Henchman, 2pac, Tupac Shakur, Dexter Isaac, Tupac Shakur Alive, 2Pac Shakur, Dexter Isaac Shot Tupac, Tupac, James Rosemond, Entertainment News

Dexter Isaac, a longtime associate of James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond, released a statement to AllHipHop.com confessing to being involved in the robbe...

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Our Burning House: A Eulogy for Biggie Smalls

Smokey Fontaine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Notorious B.I.G., Hip Hop, James Baldwin, Chris Wallace, Biggie Smalls, Entertainment News

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.

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Notorious B.I.G. Murder Investigation 'Reinvigorated' After New Information

cnn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christopher Wallace Murder, Notorious B.I.G., Notorious b.i.g. Murder, Biggis Smalls, Biggie Smalls Murder Case, Cold Case, Los Angeles News

A task force made up of local and federal law enforcement agencies is actively pursuing leads into the 1997 slaying of hip hop artist Christopher Wall...

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Sustainable Corruption: Proving Biggie Smalls Wrong

Rosalia Gitau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Diamonds, Notorious B.I.G., Blood Diamonds, Gleneagles, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Africa, Resource Curse, Sustainable Development, BP Oil Spill, World News

The world breathed a collective sigh of exasperation last week as it was discovered that Zimbabwe hosts a sizable diamond depository. I have two problems with this resource curse narrative.

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"Money Talks": A Playlist For The Financial Reform Debate

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Van Morrison, The O'Jays, The Psychedelic Furs, Kanye West, Funkadelic, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Financial Reform, Jamie Foxx, Spoon, The Beatles, The Who, Warren Zevon, Abba, Cyndi Lauper, T-Pain, Rush, Steve Miller Band, Pet Shop Boys, Wham!, Lil' Wayne, Todd Rundgren, Patti Smith, Robbie Robertson, AC/DC, Smog, Notorious B.I.G., Spinal Tap, Jet, Flo Rida, Lyle Lovett, Dire Straits, Randy Newman, Pink Floyd, Lady GaGa, Walter Becker, Ray Charles, Brad Paisley, Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Onara, Entertainment News

Right now is the time for real financial reform. Come to think of it, right now is actually way too late for real financial reform. Still, better now than not now, right?

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

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lollapalooza, UK, Notorious B.I.G., Rihanna, Synthesizer, Symphonies, Biggie Smalls, Perry Farrell, Mash Up, Herbie Hancock, Frankenstein, Dan Black, Owl-City, Jane's Addiction, Kid Cudi, Fireflies, Entertainment News

I spoke with the hybrid innovator about his current album and living life in the "synthscape," as his bio calls it.

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Working With Margaret Cho (Video)

Ben Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tracy Chapman, Notorious B.I.G., Tegen and Sara, Comedians, Tommy Chong, Margaret Cho, Patti Griffin, Laurel Canyon, New Pornographers, Cheech and Chong, Rap Music, Jon Brion, Lil Wayne, Ani DiFranco, Video, Los Angeles News

At the eleventh hour of the recording process, the comedian Margaret Cho texted me saying she had an idea for one final song on the album: it would be about Lil Wayne.

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Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" Broken Down for You by the Scholars at Rap Genius

Nick Antosca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Notorious B.I.G., Ghostface Killah, Hip Hop, Rap, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, Hip-Hop, New York, Rap Genius, Entertainment News

You can't go anywhere in New York these days without hearing Jay-Z & Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind" blaring from a window.

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Mojo Morgan: Rock Out, With Your Locks Out

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Nirvana, Giant Step Media, Hootie and the Blowfish, Mojo Morgan, Reggae, Jimi Hendrix, Biggie Smalls, Nike, Rasta-Rock, Morgan Heritage, Alanis Morissette, MCA Records, Notorious B.I.G., Entertainment News

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.

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P. Diddy Comes Clean On Notorious Fellatio (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Notorious B.I.G., Hip Hop, Puff Daddy, Biggie Blow Job, Ready to Die, Biggie Smalls, P. Diddy, Video, Entertainment News

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,...

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50 Cent: The New Linda Tripp?

Paul Nair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Young Buck, The Game, Beef, Tupac Shakur, Notorious b.i.g, Confrontation, 50 Cent, Rap Music, Entertainment News

When does the fantasy world of rap music end and real life begin? Is it acceptable to bring a human being's obviously honest distress into a world of pseudo-tough-guy confrontation?

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