But Biggie didn t become a multi-platinum superstar until after he was assassinated in Las Vegas, just before the release of Life After Death on March 25, 1997.

Life After Death sold nearly 700,000 copies in its first week; it has since joined the elusive Diamond Club, for albums that move north of 10 million copies.

Ahead of what would have been Biggie Smalls’ fiftieth birthday, take a look back at the life and tragic death of The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G., a k a Biggie Smalls, was killed at the age of 24 in a drive-by shooting while sitting in his GMC Suburban. Twenty-five years after his murder on March 9, 1997, the case ...

The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1997 album Life After Death, which was released just days after he was murdered, is an iconic piece of hip-hop history. Now, to coincide with the ongoing celebration of ...

Legendary rapper the Notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed on March 9, 1997. Here’s everything to know about the Notorious B.I.G.’s murder and the legacy he left behind.

Timbaland Hatches AI Startup That Will Give Music Stars Like Biggie Life After Death By Jared Council, Forbes Staff. I cover business stories about Blackness, culture and power.

On Life After Death, the rapper flexed his talents with songs like the braggadocious “Kick in the Door.” But his friend Sean “Diddy” Combs, who signed Biggie to his Bad Boy Records label ...

Voletta Wallace, the mother of rapper Biggie Smalls’ mom, is dead at 78 after a stay in hospice care.

In Iconic Records: Life After Death, radio legend and executive producer Angie Martinez interviews 25 subjects to transport viewers in a moment of time as a legendary double-sided album was ...

Biggie Smalls’s mother, a preschool teacher and devout Jehovah’s Witness, didn’t listen to her son’s music until his death. After his killing in 1997, Voletta Wallace’s life’s work ...

Biggie’s epic double-LP, “Life After Death,” was one of the most eagerly anticipated records in the history of hip hop. Events that preceded its March 25, 1997, release date would also make ...