Wednesday, May 21, 2014

About Rap / Hip-Hop: Biggie Smalls is the Illest

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From Henry Adaso, your Guide to Rap / Hip-Hop

Today is National Hip-Hop Day Day aka the birthday of Christopher Wallace (aka Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls aka Frank White aka Frankie aka Mr. Unbelievable aka King of New York). Biggie would have been a young 42 today. Jay Z is 44. Those two things have nothing to do with each other.

Anywho, take some time to get to know the late great Frank White. You never know when you might have to impress a friend with some Biggie tidbits.

The Unofficial Biography of Biggie Smalls
Here's a biography I put together to help you enrich your knowledge of Biggie Smalls. Read and learn...Read more

The 15 Best Biggie Songs
Biggie Smalls is the illest. The Coogi sweater-rocking, Gucci shades-wearing Brooklyn poet was a rapper's.... Read more
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The 10 Best Biggie Collaborations
There are only two reasons you'd ever want to jump on a track with The Notorious B.I.G.: 1) You like him and what he brings to the table; 2) You're a glutton for torture... Read more

Movie Review: Notorious
Notorious is a dazzling visual and aural apologue of how a young rapper’s stellar career quickly changed his life, the lives of those close to him and the hip-hop landscape as a whole.Read more


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