HipHopDX has a clip of an interview that FADER did with rapper Pharoahe Monch.

In it, he discusses the mutual respect that he and Biggie had for one another and how they were both afflicted with asthma.

DJ Quik spoke with HipHopDX about speculations, following the murder of The Notorious B.I.G., that he had been involved.

Hillel Italie of the Boston Globe reports on the Poetry & the Creative Mind benefit, organized by the Academy of American Poets, in honor of April being National Poetry Month.

Actor Adrien Brody was among those to recite poetry, but his choice stood out from the rest: "10 Crack Commandments" by The Notorious B.I.G.

A new, alleged 50 Cent/David Guetta collaboration appeared online recently, titled "Bulls*** & Party." For the track's chorus, 50 interpolates a portion of "Party & Bulls***" by The Notorious B.I.G.

"All we do is bullshit, then party, then bullshit some more," he says on the track. "All we do is bullshit, then party, around the globe on world tour. That's that bullshit, let's party."

FADER has released "never before seen footage" of Biggie performing "Warning" with Lil' Cease at radio station KMEL's 1995 Summer Jam. They promise more exclusive footage soon. Watch below.

FADER has announced that their annual Icon issue will highlight The Notorious B.I.G. Here is how they describe it:


New York Magazine has some excerpts of the interview with Diddy, where they discuss what Biggie was like around women.

FADER's Icon issue hits newsstands May 3.

"The Lincoln Lawyer," a new film about a lawyer who operates out of his car, starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei and Ryan Phillippe, hit theaters last month. According to BuzzFocus.com, the movie features The Notorious B.I.G.'s "You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)" at it's climax. The song, however, is not included on the film's soundtrack.

Rap-Up.com interviewed Wiz Khalifa at the end of March and they asked him to name a song he wished he would have recorded.

"'Mo Money Mo Problems' is definitely a song that someone else did that I wish I would have done," he said. "That’s a great song."

Last month, in celebration of the 14th anniversary of the passing of The Notorious B.I.G., Raekwon, Lil' Cease, Fred The Godson and Lady Luck took the stage in New York, NY, to perform some of their records and some records released by Biggie and the Junior M.A.F.I.A. Kwan Lee TV recorded it and you can check out the footage below.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has released their files from their investigation into the murder of The Notorious B.I.G. from 1997 through 2005.

According to reports by ABC News, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Daily News and the Associated Press, little is revealed in the heavily redacted files. The most noteworthy point seems to be related to the bullets that were used in his murder. They were were "very rare" Gekko 9 mm ammunition and the Daily News says that, according to the files, the FBI believed they found those type of bullets in the garage of David Mack, a former LAPD officer who has been regularly linked to the murder.

LAPD Capt. Kevin McClure told the Los Angeles Times that the investigation remains open, but all leads have now been exhausted. This follows a report in January that active leads were being investigated.