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Primary Wave Acquires Notorious B.I.G.’s Catalog and Other Rights
Trending on Billboard Biggie’s albums Ready To Die, Life After Death and the posthumously released Born Again spent the combined equivalent of more than 3 years on Billboard‘s top album sales ...
The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate sells rights to late rapper’s music
One of the most influential figures in the East Coast rap scene, Biggie’s first album ‘Ready to Die’ (1994) is considered a ...
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Mo Money, Mo Product: The Notorious B.I.G. Industry Ramps Up
the business of Biggie remained booming. Greatest Hits, a compilation released a decade after his murder in 1997, has now spent 385 weeks on the Billboard album chart. His estate has been ...
New York Daily News29d
Biggie Smalls’ catalog acquired weeks after his mother’s death
Billboard rates his 1997 posthumous opus, “Life After Death,” among the greatest rap albums of all time. Following her son’s murder, Voletta Wallace took control of Biggie’s estate ...
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Biggie’s Music Catalog Acquired By Primary Wave For Rumored $200M
In the wake of the funeral of his mother Voletta Wallace, a deal has been made forging a partnership between the late Biggie Smalls’ estate and Primary wave. According to Billboard, Primary Wave ...
The Hollywood Reporter29d
Primary Wave Finalizes Deal for Biggie Smalls Catalog
Sources previously told The Hollywood Reporter the rapper’s estate was seeking at least $100 million in the deal. By Ethan Millman The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate has closed on a deal to sell a ...
Green Day, Notorious B.I.G., The Chicks and More Added to National Recording Registry — See All 25 Titles
The songs and albums newly added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress have been deemed "worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic ...
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A B.I.G. celebration! DOT selling limited edition Biggie street signs to commemorate debut album anniversary
“Ready to Die,” Biggie’s debut studio album, was released in September, 1994 and remains a pivotal work in hip-hop history. The album achieved six-times platinum certification and features t ...
Wall Street Journal29d
A Mother’s Quest to Secure Biggie Smalls’s Legacy
Biggie Smalls’s mother, a preschool teacher and devout Jehovah’s Witness, didn’t listen to her son’s music until his death. After his killing in 1997, Voletta Wallace’s life’s work ...
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The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate sells rights to late rapper’s music
READ MORE: The Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Ready To Die’ at 25: 9 surprising things about the era-defining album While terms ... on Thursday (March 20) that Biggie Smalls’ mother, Voletta Wallace ...
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The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate sells rights to late rapper’s music
One of the most influential figures in the East Coast rap scene, Biggie’s first album ‘Ready to Die’ (1994) is considered a classic of the genre. The rapper, real name Christopher Wallace ...