Jay-Z released his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," today exclusively to Samsung Galaxy users who installed a dedicated app. The album features "Jay Z Blue (Daddy Dearest)," which contains samples of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "My Downfall," in the form of vocals from Biggie and Jay-Z reciting some of the lines himself.
Back in July of 2011, prison inmate Clayton Hill made headlines when
he claimed that he had once harbored a man who claimed to have killed The Notorious B.I.G.
Marcus K. Garner of The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports that Hill has escaped from prison. According to Deputy U.S. Marshal Clay M. Cleveland, officials indicated that he had simply "walked off the grounds."
Via
BET.
Talking to
The Urban Daily, Big Daddy Kane looks back on the 1995 show at Madison Square Garden where he brought The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac on stage for a freestyle. Watch below.
T'yanna Wallace, daughter of the late Christopher Wallace, has released a line of clothing, NotorioussClothing, beginning with a selection of t-shirts. You can
buy them online.
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BallerStatus.com.
HOT 97 is offering a free download of the mix Mister Cee did on May 21 in honor of The Notorious B.I.G.'s birthday.
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Bad Boy Records retweet.
XXL has an interview with David Catalano, the creator of a web series that takes lyrics from Biggie songs and has actors perform them in a sitcom setting. He's done five so far with two more written. Check them out below.
"Warning"
"Big Poppa"
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In addition to the
white version we received here in the U.S., Rhino UK released a limited gold vinyl of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Ready to Die" for Record Store Day in the United Kingdom.
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Rhino UK and
Piccadilly Records, which indicates that it was limited to a run of 250.
April 20 was Record Store Day, a yearly event that began in 2008 to celebrate record stores. As part of the festivities, exclusive vinyl releases are produced. Among this year's offering was a special white vinyl release of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Ready to Die," with the
alternate cover, from
Rhino. It is limited to just 3,000 copies. You can find some
on eBay.
Joe Coscarelli at New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer reports that apartment 3L at Saint James Place in Brooklyn, New York is now
for sale. This was the childhood home of The Notorious B.I.G.
R.A. the Rugged Man appeared on The Combat Jack Show, hosted by Reggie Ossé (also known as Combat Jack). Listen below. The story starts at 1:22:14.
