The Cheat Sheet

The Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy Were High on Ecstasy in the ‘Hypnotize’ Music Video

Diddy and The Notorious B.I.G.’s friendship dates back to the early 1990s. Biggie was at a crossroads in his personal life, having to choose between selling drugs on the streets of Brooklyn or ...
Forbes

Notorious B.I.G. Returns With One Of His Most Beloved Singles

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. American rapper Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, aka Chris ...
New York Post

How the Notorious B.I.G.’s biggest hit almost didn’t happen

When Notorious B.I.G.’s funeral procession rolled through his native Bed-Stuy in 1997, mourners began blasting his track “Hypnotize,” and it subsequently turned the rapper’s wake into a party. Just ...
Uproxx

Diddy Said He And Biggie First Tried Ecstasy During The ‘Hypnotize’ Video Shoot

On what would’ve been The Notorious B.I.G.’s 50th birthday, his friend and collaborator Diddy took to Twitter Spaces alongside Jay-Z and Fat Joe (per HipHopDX) and shared stories about the late rapper ...
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Today in Hip-Hop: The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize” Reaches No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

1997: The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" reached No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 3, 1997. Although the single was originally released in December 1996, Biggie's first single off his final ...
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Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Hypnotize’ Gets Synced With the TV Show ‘Dinosaurs’

Hip-hop has always been about appropriation. Not necessarily cultural, but at least formal--it's a genre built on samples, riffs and reinterpretations, making collage out of found parts. In this ...
Billboard

The Notorious B.I.G. Leads Top TV Songs Chart After ‘The Boys’ Appearance

"Hypnotize" rules the June 2024 list. By Kevin Rutherford The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize,” the late rapper’s first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, is back atop a Billboard chart, as it ...
The Next Web

Watch Siri Hypnotize you with her Notoriously good rap skills

This hack, accomplished for the Music Hack Day 2011 competition in London, has Siri laying down some serious flow in a rendition of Hypnotize by Notorious B.I.G. It’s actually far better than I ...
AllHipHop

Notorious B.I.G.’s Estate Is Launching New “Hypnotize” Clothing Line

(AllHipHop News) Although it’s been 20 years since the death of the Notorious B.I.G., anything connected to the rapper remains a hot seller. For instance, the green Chevy Suburban that Biggie was was ...
9NEWS

See the best tributes to Notorious B.I.G. on the 20th anniversary of his death

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 Thursday ...
NME

Biggie Smalls anniversary pop-up shop announced for London

To mark 20 years since the death of the Notorious BIG, his fashion label ‘Hypnotize’ will be hosting a pop-up shop in London. Biggie Small’s designer label ‘Hypnotize’ are heading to Camden this week ...