The Hip Hop Chronicle — From the official “Decoded” iPhone app, JAY-Z discusses his line from “The City is Mine” and why chooses to pay tribute to the Notorious B.I.G. in his verses. Roc4Life a2a_linkname="Jay-Z – A World With Amnesia Wont Forget Your Name (Video)... more info
The Hip Hop Chronicle — Here is some rare footage of Biggie Smalls performing on The Jon Stewart Show. a2a_linkname="The Notorious B.I.G. Performing On The Jon Stewart Show (Video)"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/07/13/the-notorious-b-i-g-performing-on... more info
VH1 Blog — When Monica and Rick Ross talked to MTV a year ago about collaborating, their mutual admiration society vibe didn’t exactly lend credence to the possibility. Yet here we are! Missy Elliott, reinvigorated after being away from the game to attend to ... more info
Guardian Music — Convicted tax felon Clayton Hill says he helped dispose of handgun used to shoot rapper in 1997Less than a month after a US inmate admitted robbing Tupac Shakur in 1994, another prisoner has come forward to claim he knows who killed Notorious BIG. Cl... more info
The Hip Hop Chronicle — Two unreleased diss tracks from 2pac. The first track that features Daz Dillinger, Threat and Kurupt. Tribe, Mobb Deep and Jeru Da Damaja are some of the artists the late rapper takes shots at. Watch Ya Mouth takes aim at Biggie Smalls, Nas, De La So... more info
Guardian Music — Man serving life sentence on unrelated charges claims he was hired to rob Tupac Shakur, setting off a fatal chain of eventsA man has admitted to the non-fatal 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur, claiming he was paid $2,500 to rob the rapper at Manhattan's... more info
Guardian Music — 1991: Number 27 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicIt was not just a battle between east and west coast, but between two types of hustle. The rough, in the form of Compton-born Marion "Suge" Knight, a failed Ame... more info
Guardian Music — 1993: Number 32 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicBack before he was the rapper known as Diddy, Sean "Puffy" Combs was a humble unpaid intern at Uptown Records. His ambition saw him rise to A&R executive, where... more info
Guardian Music — 10 February 2006: Number 47 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicJames Dewitt Yancey, aka J Dilla, passed away in his bed at the age of 32. His untimely death was the result of a combination of rare blood disease ... more info
TMZ — Filed under: Mister Cee, Celebrity Justice, Music
DJ Mister Cee -- best known for his work with Notorious B.I.G. and Big Daddy Kane -- just pled guilty to a prostitution charge ... and it's his SECOND guilty plea in the past y... more info