Biggie Smalls 2012

I can’t say that I was into Biggie (The Notorious B.I.G.) back in the early 90’s when he was leaving his mark on hip hop, but sure do remember him in heavy (no pun intended) rotation on video. Considering that he was shot and killed in 1997 at the age of 24, he has grown bigger (again, no pun intended) than ever. Some of his songs are now considered hip hop classics and are on my regular playlist. Interestingly, his first album in 1994 was titled “Ready to Die”.
From Wikipedia: In 1996, while recording his second album, the Notorious B.I.G. became ensnarled in the escalating East Coast–West Coast hip hop feud. Following Tupac Shakur's death in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996, speculations of involvement by criminal elements orbiting the Bad Boy circle circulated. On March 9, 1997, while visiting Los Angeles, Wallace was murdered in a drive-by shooting. The assailant remains unidentified. The Notorious B.I.G.'s second album Life After Death, a double album, was released two weeks later. It reached number one on the Billboard 200, and eventually achieved a Diamond certification in the US. With two more posthumous albums released, the Notorious B.I.G. has accrued certified sales of over 28 million copies in the United States, including 21 million albums. Rolling Stone has called him the "greatest rapper that ever lived.

This cover is reimagined in acrylic, pencil, and ink and finished in resin.

Size: 16” x 20” x 2”
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