*One hundred stories in the sky at the famed Beyond the Edge in New York City, Biggie’s family and hip hop artists gathered to pay tribute to Christopher Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G. EURweb Spotlight host and iHeart radio personality Jazmyn ‘Jaz’ Summers was in the building to bring you the tea.
The Universal Hip Hop Museum and the City of New York announced that a portion of the museum’s permanent exterior “Lyric Wall,” will feature the famous lines from the iconic rapper’s song “Juicy” released in August 1994.
“His iconic status in the culture will forever be immortalized with the permanent inclusion of the lyrics from his hit “Juicy” on the exterior wall of the Universal Hip Hop Museum” shared Rocky Bucano, Executive Director of the Universal Hip Hop Museum.
The UHHM is honored to acknowledge his legacy and creative contributions to Hip Hop by presenting his family with an artistic rendering of the “Lyric Wall” featuring “It was all a dream,“ and “You never thought that Hip Hop would take it this far.”
View this post on Instagram
Notorious B.I.G.’s son, Christopher “CJ” Wallace Jr., told the crowd “The Lyric Wall and the museum will serve as a powerful tribute to his creativity, music, words, and the influence of hip-hop. I am sure my dad is proudly looking down at the incredible achievements Hip Hop has made over the past 50 years, and I cannot wait to see where it will go in the next 50 years. Thank you for keeping his memory and contributions alive for generations to come.”
” My most memorable Biggie memory I would have to say the Source Awards in Brooklyn,” shared rapper Papoose. “He gave me goosebumps and inspired me in so many different ways. Cause I’m from the real Brooklyn, not the industry. It’s a big difference. Being from the real Brooklyn, you understand what Biggie means to that sidewalk, to that curve. He means something different. And when he said ‘Brooklyn, we did it’ at the awards, that let me know that I could make it. I could do it. When Big went to the top, the West Coast was dominant. New York was getting no love., New York kind of been on the back burner for a long time. He brought the east back.”
Popular hip hop artist and frequent “Way Up with Angela Yee” cohost Maino told EURweb that Biggie is still impacting the music.
“Seeing Biggie being his big self, being his king self. Just me seeing him doing his thing inspired me to do mine. Biggie is timeless. Biggie is forever. The fact that you can find a 12-year-old kid in any city right now and play a big record and they know who that is. What does that tell you about being timeless? What does that tell you about being forever?”
“Biggie was elevating us. He brought a new style, a new delivery,” reflected the legendary DJ Kool Red Alert who is recognized as one of the founding fathers of hip-hop music and culture.
Skip Dillard, head of New York’s ol skool hip hop station 94.7 the block, remembered his death which occurred March 9, 1997, when he was just 24 years old.
“I remember the call hey man, I think Big got shot in LA and I couldn’t believe it.”
“It’s one of the most tragic episodes in the history of hip-hop. It’s needless in every situation where you have gun violence or violence, period, but particularly in that situation where he was in L A to kind of make a truce, Tupac had been killed and it was like, hey, I’m coming here in peace, not coming here with any trouble or to gloat about being the biggest rapper at the time. Him being gone and for him to meet the end of his young life that way, it’s hard to even describe the pain.”
“Christopher Wallace changed the landscape of hip hop, music as a whole, and influenced countless generations. He turned his pain into purpose, using music to define what was happening in his everyday life. On his birthday, I am proud to celebrate the legacy of one of the greatest rappers of all time and the person who told us to ‘spread love,’ Christopher Wallace, AKA ‘The Notorious B.I.G.‘”
Please don’t forget to subscribe to Jazmyn Summers’ youtube. Photos by Melshotya.
Interview/article by Jazmyn Summers. Follow her @jaztalk1 on Instagram and Facebook. She is no longer using Twitter due to the increased racism on the site which she believes is a result of Elon Musk’s policies.
MORE NEWS ON EURWEB: Jay-Z Didn’t Stab Me – Ex-Music Exec Lance ‘Un’ Rivera Says of Infamous 1999 Incident
We Publish News 24/7. Don’t Miss A Story. Click HERE to SUBSCRIBE to Our Newsletter Now!
