'The Birth of Biggie' details the legendary rapper's breakthroughThe 25th anniversary of The Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album ‘Ready To Die’ is being commemorated with a new documentary. Titled The Birth of Biggie, the eight-minute short doc by Amazon Music traces the New York rapper’s breakthrough including his f...

The rapper's seminal debut album turns a quarter of a century this week (September 13)The Notorious B.I.G. in 1996The Notorious B.I.G.‘s ‘Ready To Die’ – his only album released in his lifetime – is widely considered to be one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Since its release in 1994, it’s insp...

As far back as his 1994 debut album, the Notorious B.I.G. was celebrating his various triumphs over haters who scoffed at him and worked to undermine him. But rap superstardom is one measure of success, and civic embrace is another entirely. Biggie Smalls not only proved polite society wrong, he has now been embraced by…

A number of notable New York City musicians are getting streets re-named after them in their honor. As WNYC/Gothamist reports, last week the New York City Council voted to approve street co-naming changes for Wu-Tang Clan, Woody Guthrie, and (as previously reported) the Notorious B.I.G.

The Brooklyn block where the Notorious B.I.G. grew up, between Gates Avenue and Fulton Street, will soon be renamed after the late rapper. Its new name will be Christopher Wallace Way. According to Rolling Stone, the sign is set to go up around his birthday, 3/21, once the City Council and Mayor Bill De Blasio…