The Notorious B.I.G.

You haven’t fully experienced an album until you’ve held it in your hands.

“Behind every great fortune, there lies a crime.”

Damn, Ma$e.

This is how hip-hop pours one out for the homies.

The baby photo is a reminder that innocence can never truly die.

A borough-by-borough breakdown of every rapper who’s worn the crown.

With all four members of Black Hippy operating at their absolute apex, the Rap Crew title belt is theirs to lose.

The Notorious B.I.G., whose work has been sampled more than 1,684 times.

1988 is the greatest year in rap history because it’s the moment everything in hip-hop changed.

The legendary East Coast producer reminisces over his iconic collaborations with Nas, Biggie, Kanye and more.

Though they no longer have anything to offer from a cultural standpoint, these songs remain a fixture within the popular zeitgeist, taunting us with their lasting ubiquity.

“No rubber, I just fucked this piano.” Really, Wayne?

“Biggie, Biggie, Biggie, can’t you see” that this verse is for the children?

Whether it's one album or 12, every album is a gift, but death makes the gift a sacrament.

Inspired by—and including—“Flava In Ya Ear,” here are the 20 best rap songs that are deceptively simple but greater than the sum of their parts.

Nearly two decades after its release, the brilliant sequencing of ‘Life After Death’ ensures its legacy will live on forever.

"Feet running. Wheels rolling. Blood dripping on the floor..."

"Big liked his kicks, but he loved his weed and women more."

Let this fat-shaming negative review of a classic "Yiggie Smalls" video be a teachable moment.

Biggie and Pac were both murdered in cars. Now those relics of death are being auctioned off to the highest bidder.

In comparison to the previous generation, today’s collection of rappers seems like a ragtag bunch.

These artists commandeered entire songs the same way Drake seizes swagger.

Whether it's a reference to the Twin Towers, Al-Qaeda or bombs exploding, hip-hop and terrorism remain forever linked.