The Notorious B.I.G.

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It has been 18 long years since a legend was taking out of the Hip-Hop game at the highlight of his career. The Notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed on March 9th, 1997, at the tender age of 24.

I love Hip-Hop and especially Biggie Smalls. One of my favorite songs from The Notorious B.I.G. is 'Warning'. Well, someone decided to do a skit using only the lyrics from the song. The result: an awesome video!

Today is somber moment for me. March 9th, 1997 commemorates the anniversary of the day The Notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed in Los Angeles at the tender of 24 at the height of his career. With only one album released before his death, Ready To Die, he was in California to promote his new album when he was murdered.

For today's Throwback Thursday, I had to grab one of my all time favorite Hip-Hop songs and videos: "It's All About The Benjamins". I was actually in Japan when the song first came out on a DJ Clue mixtape. Sean "Diddy" Combs was still using the Puff Daddy moniker at the time. The beat was the first thing that grabbed me. It also was my first time hearing Diddy's then new Bad Boy Records signees, The Lox.

What can you say about the late great, King of New York, the Notorious B.I.G. other than he was taken from us far to soon. Picking one of his songs/videos for this week throwback was difficult. With only 3 albums ever released, 2 before his death and one of those only barely, Biggie had a plethora of radio hits...

May 21st, 1972, Christopher George Latore Wallace a.k.a. Frank White/Biggie/Big Poppa was born to Voletta Wallace in Brooklyn, New York. Largely considered one of the greatest Hip-Hop lyricist of all time, the life of Biggie Smalls was taken by a shooter in Los Angeles during the prime of his career, on March 9th, 1997...