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.

On the cover of his stunningly ill-timed second album, “Life After Death,” Biggie Smalls stands next to a hearse with a personalized B.I.G. license plate.It begins the way the last Notorious B ...

Biggie’s death and the release of Life After Death could be considered the bookend to Run-D.M.C.’s 1986 breakthrough, as hip-hop had to pause for a second and reassess itself in a way that it ...

The album: Life After Death The release date: March 25, 1997 The backstory: By the time The Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, aka Biggie, aka Christopher Wallace) readied his sophomore studio ...

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 hip ...

Earlier this month, Mosley, 51, previewed a song that used AI to recreate the voice of the rapper Biggie Smalls, whose birth name was Christopher Wallace and was also known as the Notorious B.I.G.

There’s a must-watch visual podcast uncovering new ground in the storytelling of The Notorious B.I.G.’s life as he recorded his final album 25 years ago. In Iconic Records: Life After Death ...

In the mid-1990s, The Notorious B.I.G. began working on his sophomore album, 1997’s Life After Death.Following the success of his 1994 debut Ready to Die, Biggie had a tough act to follow.On ...

On March 9, 1997, Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G., was gunned down in Los Angeles, Calif. at the young age of 24. Despite his tragically short life, the Brooklyn-born rapper made ...

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.

Biggie Smalls, born Christopher Wallace, became one of the best-selling and most respected hip-hop artists of all time, ... “Life After Death,” among the greatest rap albums of all time.