The late Notorious B.I.G. is one of rap's illest. Today (March 9), marks the 20th anniversary of Biggie’s death. The rapper's music continues to live on thanks to the rap fans and hip-hop ...

The above gallery features pictures of The Notorious B.I.G. at various times in his life. One photo sees Biggie backstage with Saafir, The D.O.C. and Craig Mack at a 1994 show in Chicago.

The Notorious B.I.G. was still the mo' shady, Frankie Baby, who would could turn around and sling rocks like he just started up again. He needed to prove he was still hard.

Notorious B.I.G, Whitney Houston and the Doobie Brothers to Be Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Jermaine Dupri Reveals He was Almost in Biggie's Car The Night the Rapper was Killed ...

The Notorious B.I.G. would have turned 50 this year, if his life wasn’t ended in California on March 9, 1997 in a shooting.

Notorious B.I.G survived by his wife and three children which before died, gave life to a new born baby boy with his wife. Still today many intellectually want to learn about the late great rapper.

Rapper Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, rolls a cigar outside his mother's house in Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 18, 1995. Clarence Davis/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images ...

Biggie Smalls (who later changed his name to The Notorious B.I.G.) chose to pursue music, which ended up paying off in a big way. “Big Poppa” was the second single released from his 1994 debut ...

Two decades after his death at age 24, Notorious B.I.G.'s music continues to Hypnotize. Friends and fans paid tribute to the slain Brooklyn rapper (whose real name was Christopher Wallace) on ...

The Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy performed together on the 1997 hit “Mo Money Mo Problems.” “I told them, ‘Whatever y’all do, do not let him go to sleep.

On May 2, The Notorious B.I.G. will become the seventh hip-hop act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And just the fourth to make it in as a first-ballot hall of famer. For hip ...