The Notorious B.I.G.
- He is widely considered one of the greatest rappers of all time.
- Wallace was described by AllMusic as “the savior of East Coast hip-hop”
- Biggie also wrote songs for other rappers, including one for his on-and-off again love interest Lil’ Kim.
- Prior to their falling out, Biggie & Tupac collaborated several times, including on a 1994 track called “Let’s Get It On.”
- The Notorious B.I.G. went to the same high school as Jay Z and Busta Rhymes.
- Biggie and Michael Jackson worked together on a track called “This Time Around.”
- Before his death, Biggie had been promoting a clothing line called “Brooklyn Mint.” After his murder, Biggie’s managers and his friend Jay Z launched the clothing line, selling shirts with Biggie’s face on them.
- “Big Poppa,” sampled the Isley Brother’s 1993 hit “Between the Sheets.”
- Biggie is the only artist on the Billboard Hot 100 to have two #1 hits posthumously: “Mo Money Mo Problems” and “Hypnotize.”
- A large portrait of Wallace features prominently in the Netflix series Luke Cage, due to the fact that he served as muse for the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of Marvel Comics character Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes.