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Biggie Smalls

A collection of 8 issues

Community Board 2 Approves Street Co-Naming To Honor Notorious B.I.G.

CLINTON HILL – At a general board meeting Wednesday evening, November 14, Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] voted to approve co-naming St. James Place between Gates Avenue and Fulton Street “Christopher Wallace Way” in honor of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. The

Clinton Hill Street Corner May Soon Be Named In Honor Of Biggie Smalls

[UPDATED: Monday, October 22 at 6:15pm] As Brooklyn Community Board 2 District Manager Robert Perris noted in the comments, the CB2 board “did not take a position on the proposed co-naming in 2013” nor did it take action after Council Member Cumbo penned a letter of support in September.

There’s A Fundraising Effort To Put A Giant Sculpture Of Biggie In Clinton Hill

(Courtesy Facebook/Hip Hop Hall of Fame. [https://www.facebook.com/hiphophalloffame/photos/a.189555437784614.48490.189228274483997/1079588378781311/?type=3&permPage=1] )The Hip Hop Hall Of Fame and Museum [http://hiphophalloffame.org] (HOF) has started a crowd-funding effort [https://www.gofundme.com/biggiememorial] to honor the Notorious B.

7 Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Lived In Clinton Hill

226 St. James Place, home of the Notorious B.I.G. (Courtesy Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/226+st+james+place+brooklyn/@40.6835497,-73.9638132,3a,75y,260.58h,105.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szJLYihMFwcmDxplPnHeCew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb6fdca03a8049ded!6m1!1e1] )Clinton

Big Respect For The Artists Who Created New Artwork In Tribute Of Clinton Hill Son Biggie Smalls

Photo courtesy of Christopher Wallace Way [https://www.instagram.com/christopherwallaceway/].Two new public works of art — one in paint on metal, one a mosaic of glass — have gone up on Fulton Street, between St. James Place and Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill, in tribute to one of the neighborhood’

New Mural Will Celebrate Biggie Smalls’ Life For Anniversary Of His Death

Photo by iamsafaree [http://www.instagram.com/iamsafaree].Yesterday was the 18th anniversary of Biggie Smalls’ (aka Notorious B.I.G. or his birth name of Christopher Wallace) murder and instead of mourning, the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill/Bed-Stuy community he grew up in is celebrating his life the same

The Day: Snow, Lady Gaga and Brooklyn Raga Massive

Forecasters predicted correctly that we’d see our first hint of snow this morning. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/]) Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Temperatures hit freezing last night, according to the National Weather Service [http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.

VIDEO: The Brooklyn Way

“Spread love, it’s the Brooklyn way.” -Biggie Smalls aka Notorious B.I.G. We’re gonna leave you with a video – guest starring Everlast of House of Pain fame – that was also the theme song from an eponymous, short-lived reality show which followed the lives of Kaves aka Michael