Fifteen years ago today, Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G., was shot and killed while visiting Los Angeles to promote his upcoming album and record a music video for "Hypnotize". Wallace had just left an after party for the 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards at 12:30 a.m. when he was shot in his car—he was pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m. more ›

According to CNN, the LAPD is once again actively pursuing leads into the 1997 slaying of Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls/The Notorious B.I.G. One law enforcement source told them that the unsolved case was "reinvigorated" months ago due to new information, although they didn't reveal any other details about said info. But in addition to the LAPD and the L.A. County District Attorney's Office, it seems that the FBI is now involved with the case. Might that imply there's some sort of conspiracy afoot? more ›

Last week the NY Times took a closer look at the role of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Notorious, the film documenting the life of Christopher Wallace. The movie is also an homage to the neighborhood, and the paper notes that "these very locations, inspired the frank rhymes that made him the Notorious B.I.G." Below is an old clip of Biggie in Bed-Stuy at age 17, allegedly it's from "his first public rap duel." more ›