March 9 marked 20 years since Hip Hop lost one of its shining lights, a tragedy that was remembered on Sunday (March 12) by the Brooklyn Nets, who retired The Notorious B.I.G.’s symbolic number in his honor during the team’s “Biggie Night.”
Diddy, Lil Kim, Faith Evans, Ice Cube, Biggie’s mother Voletta Wallace and several other members of his family were all present at Barclays Center to see the Nets pay tribute to Biggie by putting his number, #72, the year of his birth, out of commission.
Voletta Wallace thanked the crowd and the franchise for inviting her, telling the crowd it was her “very, very first professional basketball game.”
“From the bottom of my heart, I have to remember what my son said in the past: ‘Brooklyn, we did it.'”
A giant banner was unfurled revealing a Nets jersey with 72 on the back, alongside a caption that featured one of Biggie’s best-known quotes from his hit “Juicy” — “Spread love, it’s the Brooklyn way.” The number of the jersey is also the one he wore in 1994’s “Juicy” video.
According to reports on Twitter, the banner will become a permanent fixture of the Barclays Center when the Nets play.
May big rest in peace . Stop the violence in our communities. More hip-hop artist need to speak out against violence, because it is cool and destroy s families and communities.
Not cool I mean
I’m a hip hop head to the core but this is trash juice.Let’s be real for a moment.Dude had some really vile lyrics at times tht would make you cringe and this is something for kids at a game to look up to.
shut up and go be offended by something else.
Stating facts homie*butt hurt by them?
I bet Jay wasn’t there after the Net fiasco
very dope!
Rest in power biggie a hip-hop legend deserves this honor pac need one to maybe golden state can do pac night cause he rep Oakland for a minute rest well for both of them
I think that was nice 2 have his mother ther I respect that
This is positive moment him and jigga had a big reason that building is standing. He was a positive rapper n most are..if facts of how societally conditions raised them n framed sum of their musis n lyrics get over it n try focus on the positive not the negative!!
Which one of those people dont belong? Wtf is cube on the court for?