Trending on Billboard The image at issue in the new lawsuit is “The King Of New York” – a portrait of Biggie wearing a gold crown in front of a red backdrop, snapped in March 1997 only three ...

Multiple stores are named as allegedly selling merchandise with an unauthorized image of Biggie, real name Christopher ... rapper is wearing a plastic gold crown in front of a red backdrop.

Rivals in life, the rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur are being united for an auction at Sotheby’s, the first-ever dedicated hip-hop auction at a major international auction house.

The idea was almost derailed by Puff Daddy, who owned Bad Boy Entertainment, Biggie’s label. Puff thought the crown made Biggie look like Burger King, but Biggie convinced Puff it was “a cool ...

Back in 2020, the plastic crown worn by Biggie Smalls in the photo sold for nearly half a million dollars as part of Sotheby’s first-ever auction dedicated to hip-hop items. The crown ...