Beefs (1)
VS
East/West beef. Most infamous rap rivalry. Both killed 1996-97.
"You claim to be a player but I fucked your wife" · Who Shot Ya / Hit Em Up response, 1996
Discography
Studio Albums
Ready to Die
1994
East & West Coast Rival
1996
Life After Death
1997
Dead Wrong / Whoa
1999
Unsolved
2002
Duets: The Final Chapter
2005
Notorious
2009
Doing It Real Big
2015
The King & I
2017
Mixtapes
Stop the Gunfight
1997
Ready to Die (The O.G. Edition)
2008
Brooklyn Badboy
2010
15 Years After Death
2012
EPs
Three Song Demo
1991
Big Poppa (Remix)
1995
Day By Day / The Abyss
1995
Who Shot Ya? / Warning
1995
Warning
1999
Biggie / Would You Die For Me
1999
Cars & Sex / I Got a Story to Tell / Bigge Smalls Is the Wickedest / The Garden Freestyle
1999
Juicy
2018
Life(sic)
2019
Notorious V: The King of New York
2021
Notorious IV: Big Poppa
2021
Notorious I: The Notorious B.I.G.
2021
Notorious III: Christopher Wallace
2021
Breakin’ B.I.G: The Sandbox
2023
Ready to Die: For the Respect
2024
Ready to Die: For the Money
2024
Ready To Die: For The Women
2024
Ready To Die Instrumentals
2024
Collab
Gang Starr
Collab
DJ Premier produced for Biggie. One of the classic NY producer-rapper pairings.
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Collab
Notorious Thugs (1997). Bone Thugs and Biggie — one of the greatest guest verses ever.
Mentored
Lil' Kim
Mentored
Biggie mentored Lil' Kim and co-wrote her debut. Junior M.A.F.I.A. connection.
Slick Rick
Mentored
Slick Rick is one of Biggie's biggest influences. Brooklyn storytelling lineage.
KRS-One
Mentored
KRS-One is one of Biggie's biggest influences. The Bronx to Brooklyn lineage.
Doug E. Fresh
Mentored
Doug E. Fresh is one of Biggie's Harlem/NY influences.
Signed
Bad Boy Records
Signed
Biggie signed to Bad Boy. Ready to Die and Life After Death define the label.
Diddy
Signed
Diddy signed and produced Biggie. Close until Biggie's murder 1997.
Crew
Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Crew
Junior M.A.F.I.A. was Biggie's collective. Get Money, Player's Anthem.
Craig Mack
Crew
Craig Mack and Biggie were both on Bad Boy Records at the same time.
Friendship
Jay-Z
Friendship
Close friends. Jay-Z has called Biggie the greatest rapper ever.
Nas
Friendship
Friendly rivals in NY. Mutual respect despite different coasts.
Wu-Tang Clan
Friendship
NY hip-hop peers. Both dominant forces in 90s New York rap scene.
GZA / Genius
Friendship
GZA and Biggie were NY peers. Wu-Tang and Bad Boy existed in the same NYC world.
Heavy D
Friendship
Heavy D and Biggie are both New York legends who shared scenes and mutual respect.
Faith Evans
Friendship
Faith Evans was Biggie's wife. I'll Be Missing You tribute to Biggie. Bad Boy First Lady.
Black Moon
Friendship
Black Moon and Biggie are both Brooklyn. Bucktown and Bed-Stuy connection.
Smif-N-Wessun
Friendship
Smif-N-Wessun and Biggie are both Brooklyn. Boot Camp Clik and Bad Boy NY peers.
Media
Stretch & Bobbito
Media
Biggie freestyled on Stretch and Bobbito. The show that defined early 90s NY rap.
VIBE Magazine
Media
Biggie's posthumous VIBE covers became hip-hop history. Most famous rap magazine covers.
The Source
Media
The Source championed Biggie from the beginning. He won multiple awards.