Notorious BIG: Last News

Timbaland has teased a new track featuring a generative AI performing in the style of the Notorious B.I.G. over one of the Virginia producer’s beats.

Last Friday (August 25), a copyright case against Future was tossed, Billboard reports. A lesser-known rapper from Virginia, DaQuan Robinson, claimed that Future copied him on his 2018 track “When I Think About It”.

Notorious B.I.G. has unveiled details of a 25th anniversary release of ‘Life After Death’.The release will take the form of a new boxset that will contain the original album plus 12″ releases of hits ‘Hypnotize’, ‘Mo Money Mo Problems’, ‘Sky’s The Limit’ and ‘Nasty Boy’ (via Complex).It will also include a commemorative booklet with rare photos, new linear notes and and commentary from team members who worked on the original release.The box set is part of a year of celebrations in memory of Biggie Smalls, who would have turned 50 this year.The year-long campaign – “Sky’s the Limit: A Year Celebrating the Legacy of the Notorious B.I.G.” – will also see the release of an ‘enhanced digital version’ of ‘Life After Death’, a number of online events, upgrades of his entire video back-catalogue on YouTube plus some “additional surprises” (via Pitchfork).Last September, the Brooklyn apartment where B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G. recorded his 1994 album ‘Ready To Die’ has gone up for sale.As per The New York Post, the two-bedroom, two-bathroom property in the Fort Greene neighbourhood has been listed for more than £1.2million (USD $1.7million).

There have been a number of documentaries about the life of the Notorious B.I.G., the Brooklyn rapper widely considered to be one of the best rappers of all time. However, no doc has ever been given the go-ahead by the rapper's estate, until now: Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell, a new film directed by Emmett Malloy, will premiere on Netflix this March 1.

A plastic crown worn by the Notorious B.I.G. three days before his murder has sold for $594,750 in Sotheby’s’ first ever auction of rap memorabilia and artefacts.

Streetwear brand KITH recently shared plans to release an upcoming capsule collection in collaboration with the estate of The Notorious B.I.G.. The collection, which is set to drop on the 23rd anniversary of Biggie's death, will have tees, crewnecks, and hoodies featuring KITH's branding alongside photos and imagery associated with the iconic Brooklyn MC.