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With the hype being bestowed upon Kevin Spacey and his third season of House of Cards, it might be easy to forget that there are some really great Hip-Hop movies on Netflix, too.

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Monday, March 9, marked the 18th anniversary of The Notorious B.I.G.’s untimely death. One day later, a hilarious visual mashup featuring the iconic MC’s Life After Death single “Hypnotize” hit YouTube, and has since gone viral.

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As every Hip-Hop fan knows, the present calendar day is one that lives on in infamy. It was 18 years ago to the day the Christopher Wallace, famously known by his rap moniker, The Notorious B.I.G., was gunned down in Los Angeles in a murder that still remains unsolved. Although the yearly tributes could grow […]

A split second is all it takes for a person’s life to change forever — our favorite rappers included. That said, Hip-Hop Wired lists 10 rap artist who suffered devastating, life-altering injuries.

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The next posthumous Notorious B.I.G. album will come from a special place. While speaking with HipHollywood, Faith Evans revealed that she’s working on a duet project with her late husband titled The King and I.

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The Notorious B.I.G. showcased an impeccable storytelling ability in his short but storied career. Arguably his most humorous cinematic record was “I Got a Story to Tell” from 1997’s Life After Death.

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The Notorious B.I.G. is one of the greatest rappers of all time. Yes, his Ready To Die debut—which dropped 20 years ago today—helped seal his legend, but the Brooklyn rhyme bully was already a beast before it even dropped.

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Bad Boy Entertainment’s motto, “can’t stop, won’t stop,” was unavoidable during the 1990s. The reason being that the rappers on the record label Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs founded had bars for days.

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Today the late Bad Boy superstar, The Notorious B.I.G., would have been 42-years-old. FADER celebrated the life of a MC many consider the G.O.A.T. by unveiling some never before seen photos from his Ready to Die press run.

There have never been any boundaries set between separation of church and the state of rap music and as a result, there have been various religious groups who have called out rappers for their perceived sacrilegious lyrics.

More often than not, rap music and drugs go hand in hand. For one reason or another, marijuana in particular, seems to be the choice high for many of our favorite MCs.

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One of the Notorious B.I.G.’s classic cuts has an R&B singer looking for a payday. Lee Hutson, 68, the former lead singer of The Impressions, is suing the estate of the late rapper over the alleged illegal use of a sample of one of his songs.