Russell Poole, a retired Los Angeles Police Department detective and the lead investigator in the murder of The Notorious B.I.G., has died. According to the Los Angeles Times, L.A. County sheriff’s deputies at the Homicide Bureau reported that Poole passed away Wednesday morning (Aug. 19) after...
Over the weekend, Chance The Rapper made a surprise appearance at Bonnaroo with Kendrick Lamar during Earth, Wind & Fire's set. But the fun didn't stop there. The young MC returned for Bonnaroo SuperJam! Saturday night (June 13) and put on quite the show. During ...
Well this is cool. Sprite just launched limited-edition soda cans decorated with rap lyrics by Drake, Nas, The Notorious B.I.G. and Rakim. The soda cans are apart of the inaugural "Obey Your Verse" Lyrical Collection. There are 16 can designs and the speci...
Yesterday (May 21), Christopher Wallace would have turned 43. Better known as The Notorious B.I.G., Wallace turned his half-decade in the music industry into one of rap's most staggering catalogs. When he was killed in Los Angeles in May of 1997, he left behind his sophomore album, a legion of imitators and two children, son C.J. a...
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Kith will recapture the glorious days of 90's East Coast hip-hop when they launch their exclusive Coogi collection in stores this Saturday, Nov. 8.
The collection will include the colorful knitted sweaters made popular made popular by Biggie during the prime of the Bad Boy era...
A New York-based artist by the name Zoë Buckman, used her love and appreciation for hip-hop as inpiration for her latest project. In a series called "Every Curve," Buckman embroidered (by hand) lyrics from Tupac and Biggie onto vintage lingerie pieces in order to address the issues of misogyny surrounding the culture, as well as, misogyny in the general art world. The...
Earlier this week, XXL sat down with the Wu-Tang Clan to talk about their new label deal with Warner Bros. Records and their upcoming sixth group album A Better TOmorrow. During our exclusive conversation with an introspective Ghostface Killah, however, Tony Starks reflected on the evening of March 8, 1997, when he ran into Notorious B.I.G....
Kinship has gained attraction for their album cover bomber jackets, and today the New York-based clothing brand has revealed their latest bomber jacket.
Paying tribute to Bad Boy Records, Kinship has released a bomber with all the album covers released under Diddy's imprint...