The Cheat Sheet

Diddy Didn’t Want The Notorious B.I.G.’s Hit Song ‘One More Chance’ to Be Released As a Single

In 1993, Sean “Diddy” Combs founded Bad Boy Records and signed his friend, up-and-coming rapper The Notorious B.I.G., as his first artist. The following year, Biggie released his smash debut album ...
The Cheat Sheet

How The Notorious B.I.G.’s Breakout Song Led to Him Being Sued

Prior to his music career, The Notorious B.I.G. made money another way: by selling drugs on the streets of Brooklyn. At the same time, he gained a reputation around his neighborhood of ...
American Songwriter

3 Songs by The Notorious B.I.G. that Will Play for Eternity

He might be simply the best pure lyricist of all time. Indeed, the Brooklyn, New York-born rapper known as The Notorious B.I.G. would surprise listeners with his unique lyrics and rhyme combinations, ...
Forbes

Timbaland Hatches AI Startup That Will Give Music Stars Like Biggie Life After Death

Fresh off his controversial collaboration with the late rapper Biggie Smalls, which he previewed on Instagram earlier this month, the Grammy-winning music producer Timbaland told Forbes he has a plan ...
AllHipHop

Young Guru Says Timbaland’s AI Biggie Song Violates Late Rapper’s Legacy

Young Guru called out Timbaland for the producer’s “dangerous” use of AI to create music featuring deceased artists. Jay-Z’s longtime engineer Young Guru explained his problem with Timbaland using AI ...
Yardbarker

‘Under the Bridge’ Teens on Playing Into the Show’s ’90s Setting & Learning Biggie’s Rap

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Under the Bridge Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2.] And yet, not everything is as it appears, allowing for the mystery to unfold little by little. When it came ...
AllHipHop

Snoop Dogg Disses Biggie In Old Song Recently Unearthed

Snoop Dogg is all about peace and love now, but. back in the day he recorded a Biggie diss that has resurfaced. Snoop Dogg was immersed in one of the darkest periods in Hip-Hop. The “East/West” beef ...