Nearly 27 years after Tupac Shakur's murder, Las Vegas police recently issued a search warrant in connection with Shakur’s unsolved killing. Shakur, one of the most prolific rappers in history, was ...

Author Justin Tinsley calls the convergence of the two events a "form of serendipity," with Biggie's album, which details his life as a young Black man growing up in Brooklyn, acting as a "rebuttal" ...

*Twenty years after he was gunned down in Los Angeles, the murder of the late-great Biggie Smalls remains one of rap’s greatest mysteries. The murder of the Brooklyn-born hip-hop legend — born ...

Author Justin Tinsley discusses the life and legacy of the Notorious B.I.G., who was killed in 1997: "You can't talk about the story of hip-hop... As hip-hop turns 50, Biggie Smalls' legacy reminds us ...

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