The Notorious B.I.G. was in Los Angeles to promote his sophomore album Life After Death on March 9, 1997 when he was gunned down at the age of 24. The Brooklyn-bred MC, who was signed to Diddy’s Bad Boy Records at the time, was shot four times in a drive-by shooting.
Although Biggie’s murder remains unsolved, retired Los Angeles Police Department Officer Greg Kading believes former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight orchestrated the murder in revenge for the September 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur.
Twenty-five years later, Biggie is considered a Hip Hop legend, and his work is celebrated all over the globe. On Wednesday (March 9), Diddy shared a throwback video of Biggie on the mic, encouraging young fans to follow their dreams.
“There will NEVER be another,” he wrote in the caption. “The GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME. Today we celebrate and honor you king. Love and miss you!!”
Biggie released just one album while he was alive, his 1994 debut Ready To Die. The project spawned several Hip Hop classics, including. “Juicy,” “Big Poppa” and the DJ Premier-produced “Unbelievable.”
Life After Death arrived just 16 days after his murder, lending the entire project an ominous vibe. Not to mention the fact it picks up where “Suicidal Thoughts” left off on the first album. Guest contributors included 112, JAY-Z, Lil’ Kim, Mase, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Too $hort, D.M.C. of Run-D.M.C., R. Kelly, The LOX and Diddy.
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At the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, the project was nominated for Best Rap Album, while “Hypnotize” was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance and “Mo Money Mo Problems” earned a nod for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
Additional posthumous releases include Born Again (1999), Duets: The Final Chapter (2005) and The King & I with his widow Faith Evans (2017). Biggie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November 2020, while numerous documentaries have been made about his life and tragic dead. He remains one of the most exalted MCs in Hip Hop history.
I’m surprised Diddy feels this way.
2pac the all the way he thought big what he knows
“When I met you I admit my first thoughts was to trick you , look so good huh , I suck on your daddy’s dick “
Imma leave this quote right here. Good night folks
You quoted it wrong dummy
Can you really be considered the greatest with just like 2 albums? Longevity I assume is apart of the criteria and unfortunately Biggie perished way to early. Pac as well but Pac left a s**t ton of music to be considered. I always wondered why ppl put Biggie in their top 5 when he doesn’t have a lot of material. I always likened that to like a Bo Jackson. Off potential, he’s one of the greatest ever but injuries took him out early.
I would give biggie 3 albums because life after death is a double disc. I would give him junior mafia and lil kims album because big wrote most of both of them. 5 albums worth of material while he was alive. I would say he is forever cemented in the conversation as GOAT but ultimately it’s the listeners choice.
Those other albums, especially JM, don’t help his case. Life After Death too was very disappointing after he was killing shit with those remixes for two and a half years. Biggie couldn’t miss there for a while, and then that album came out right after he got killed, and it was a disappointment to say the least. Bloated and the direction with some of the beats and concepts were way too far left for me. It was a dude that could really rap on bubble gum shit for a lot of that album. I didn’t expect it to be as bleak as Ready to Die, but Life After Death was just a complete 180, more like the shit Puffy put out or Mase.
That’s his meal ticket, what kept and keeps Bad Boy Records alive so of course he’s going to say that. But you set the man up to be killed and he died broke cuz you were taking everything from him like usual….Fuck Diddy.
diddy ain’t going to record no way out 2.
Of course cuz Biggie and The Lox wrote all Diddy’s songs for the first one.
That’s simply not true. But that was his man so I get it.
Fuck that shit. Good rapper, but overrated as fuck.
Exactly
didnt he say Rick Ross was better then Biggie a few years ago?
Yeah he did
He entitled to his own opinions. Nobody cares what dude says.
More like one of the most overrated. Different strokes and all but I don’t get the hype one little bit. Of course Diddy would say such a thing though, I expect no less.
Rakim
Really wished Puff and Suge died instead of Biggie and Pac 4real.
#facts
MC CheddarBob
Meanwhile you don’t pay his fam Shìt
diddy a gay ass qweeb
I agree
“Super nintendo, Sega genisis…”
Whack ass lyrics. Overrated as fuck.
you can’t be over 25.
Old enough to be your daddy so STFU
Big was a descriptive lyricist using only a few lines to paint a big picture. That’s what ya’ll dumb slow asses don’t understand. Hence the name biggie smalls.
No, you’re the only retard who doesn’t understand that he’s overrated.
And King Tekashi here to carry on da legacy n hold Brooklyn down. Da Dynasty continues!
dont ever compare that clown ass kid to the greatness of BIG! They’re both from BK but similarities end there
Did Diddy diddle dude?
Diddy milking at the teat of Biggie’s greatness for 25 years now.
Big was great but his catalog is not long enough. Hov, Nas, and Em already passed Big
Big Mortis the fire started
Hoobie stank him
Tupac was better
Mac Dre ahead of Big on any top rapper list…
Thizzzz in Peace MD, the king of rap