The Brooklyn apartment The Notorious B.I.G. rapped about in “Juicy” is now up for rent — and it comes with a hefty price tag.
According to the New York Post, Biggie’s “one-room shack” is going for $4,000 a month. The residence has been completely renovated and is listed as a “gentrified three-bedroom home.”
Located on the third floor of 226 St. James Place, Biggie’s childhood home was set in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, near Bedford-Stuyvesant. He talks about the residence in the 1994 Ready To Die cut.
“And my whole crew is loungin’/Celebratin’ every day, no more public housin’,” he raps. “Thinkin’ back on my one-room shack/Now my mom pimps a Ac’ with minks on her back.
“And she loves to show me off of course/Smiles every time my face is up in The Source. We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us/No heat, wonder why Christmas missed us.”
Following the transformation, the entire area is drastically different from when Biggie roamed the streets.
“It’s a beautiful home and a fantastic neighborhood, filled with little shops and great transportation,” Compass broker Fabienne Lecole said. “The apartment is iconic … a historical gem.”
The Biggie home still has the same windows and moldings from when the legendary rapper lived there. In 2013, it was sold for $825,000 to the person who’s attempting to rent it out. It comes with a den and separate dining room, along with hardwood floors and high ceilings.
“It’s so calm and residential now,” Lecole said. “It’s hard to imagine it’s the same street that he sang about with all the drugs and gunfire. It couldn’t be more different.”
Earlier this month, the corner of St. James Place and Fulton Street was officially renamed “Christopher Wallace Way” as a tribute to the late MC.
“[Gentrifiers]] want to erase the history, they want to put up new cafes and boutiques and push us out of our community,” City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo said. “That’s why this sign is important today — so that the history of this place is told to our children and our children’s children.”
it’s officially over…. if you missed NYC in the 90’s and early 2000’s…. you’ll have to watch a documentary instead…. cuz it’s nothing but a memory… sad and shout out to the real ones that made it.
“It’s sad that the city isn’t a shithole ghetto anymore.” What’s wrong with you?
haha welllll my 15 likes to your 2… I guess you don’t understand what makes a neighborhood have character… enjoy your trip to Whole Foods wankster….
If you think Brooklyn is better today than it was in the 90s you’re out.
I guess u don’t live in a area that’s been gentrified. It’s not nice to live somewhere all your life then rich people push the locals out and claim it as there own.
Biggie, Best to Ever Do It. Not bc of the current situation but I always wanted to ask the Hon. Voletta Wallace seeing how much your son meant to Us, why she never carved out a resting place where We the (zealots)can congregate, share our memories, our tears, say our appreciation a place we can take our children. Bc of Big I’m a different person and I’m Thankful.
That’s actually a beautiful post amongst tons of bullshit my man. Salutations ese. Peace be with you brother.
A 3 home in Brooklyn for rent, at $4000 a month is pricey as fuck? You must not kick it in NY too often, homeboy. That’s spot on, if not cheap.