Category: The Notorious B.I.G.
As we have pointed out before, The Notorious B.I.G. was instrumental in establishing the rags-to-riches’ trope which is now a mainstay in hip-hop. And this particular track can also be said to have been key...
This track has been accurately described as a rags-to-riches’ tale relayed by The Notorious B.I.G. The rapper depicts himself as someone who used to be “dead broke” and has come from an economically-challenged upbringing. But now in the...
This is one of a number of songs released in the early 1990s centered on how inner-city African-American communities had evolved in that particular era. More specifically, it focuses on how deadly the aforementioned streets...
Many fans view “Big Poppa” as sort of an introductory track from the Notorious B.I.G. In other words, it is he who is actually the titular “Big Poppa”. But more to the point, this track is...
The Notorious B.I.G., also known by nicknames such as Biggie Small and Big Poppa, was a multiple award winning American rapper who gained fame when he released his 1994 debut album titled, Ready to Die,...