The Notorious B.I.G. is back!! Not really but his son CJ Wallace is trying to walk in his dad Timbalands. The Notorious B.I.G is arguably the greatest rapper of all time, and now his son is trying to follow the in his dad's path but that may be very hard to do for a young up and comer.
A lot of rappers and rap fans always claim how they live what they talk about or live what what they hear, but who knows if they are really telling the truth.
Ask any rapper who their biggest influences are and you’ll probably hear the same answers across the board: Big Daddy Kane, Rakim and Kool G Rap on the East Coast, Scarface, Pimp C, and Eightball & MJG in the South, and Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg out West. But why doesn’t anyone mention the most influential rapper of all time, The Notorious B.I.G.?
Two of the biggest New York rappers -- Jay Z and the late Notorious B.I.G. -- appear on the cover of New York Magazine’s 4th annual "Yesteryear" Issue. The mag has several different covers featuring artists in throwback photos to celebrate a century of pop music in New York City.
In the mid to late '90s Hip Hop was dominated by artist that were flashy and very materialistic.
One of the reasons why this style of rap was so popular was because of Bad Boy Records and after the Notorious B.I.G.'s death Ma$e was its main artist.
The true essences of hip hop is having a message staying positive and holding nothing back.
But sometimes you just have to let go and have fun, and just act straight up silly sometimes.
This is where the art of freestyling comes in.
In case you didn't know today is the 16 year death anniversary of the Notorious BI.G.
Whether you loved him or hated him you definitely could not deny his talent.
One of the most fascinating things to me was his charisma and how everyone from women to other well known rappers just flocked to him.
His ability to go back and fourth between radio songs to making street records was just amazing, somet