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5 Classic Biggie Freestyles To Get You Hyped For Our SOURCE360 Block Party on Christopher Wallace Way

Next week we’re taking over Brooklyn to celebrate the B.I.G. homie for our annual SOURCE360 Block Party!

This year we’ll be setting up shop on the newly-renamed “Christopher ‘Notorious B.I.G.’ Wallace Way,” and we’re filling the day with live performances, outdoor activities, a fashion show, live art and a special “Unsigned Hype” showcase. It’s all in honor of Biggie’s Block, and the only thing that could make things even better is if the King of Brooklyn could be here to celebrate with us.

In hopes that we’ll see a few freestyle cyphers go down during the SOURCE360 Block Party, take a look at five examples of Big Poppa doing it best:


Teen Summit Freestyle
1992/1993

In his TV debut, Biggie was calm, cool and collected as always. His star power wasn’t in full form just yet, but his flow was fire even in the early days.


Freestyle w/ 2Pac
1994

Watching this rare moment where the East and West were at peace, it’s hard not to wonder why these two legends couldn’t make amends before it was too late for both of them. However, we’ll always have better days like this one to look back on and think of what could’ve been.


Freestyle w/ Nas, introduced by Method Man
1995

This whole situation looks like one big ’90s rap-themed dream, but somehow it actually happened and was caught on tape. Both MCs delivered bars that were dope enough to be used on actual records, with BIG’s appearing on Junior M.A.F.I.A.’s Conspiracy album cut “Oh My Lord” and Nas saving his for “Suspect” off his sophomore LP It Was Written.


Final freestyle on The Wake Up Show With Sway & DJ King Tech
1997

Recorded just days before he was gunned down following the Soul Train Music Awards, this freestyle is just one of few last memories that we’ll forever cherish of Big Poppa. Even 22 years later, his loss is still a hard one to accept.


Biggie at 17 years old in Bedstuy, Brooklyn
1989

We saved one of the earliest for last, particularly because he spit this in the same neighborhood where we’ll be throwing the SOURCE360 Block Party! It’s amazing how things come full circle.

R.I.P. forever, Biggie.


Make sure to get tickets to all of our SOURCE360 Festival events by clicking here. See you all in Bedstuy!

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Christopher Wallace Way Unveiled in Brooklyn

Today the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation celebrated the renaming of a section of St. James Place between Gates Avenue and Fulton street as Christopher Wallace Way.

WPIX in New York City state the ceremony occurred Today (June 10) with a large crowd gathered to celebrate the street that will forever honor The Notorious B.I.G. in the rain. In attendance was Biggie’s mother, Voletta Wallace, along with his children and members of City Council.

The section was approved to be renamed in November by the Brooklyn Community Board 2 and is the location where the late legend grew up. The vote was a 48-0 unanimous decision.

“Honoring Biggie symbolizes more than just one man,” LeRoy McCarthy, who led the initiative, told Rolling Stone. “It symbolizes a culture. It symbolizes a borough. It symbolizes a people, and hip-hop is worldwide.”

You can see images from the unveiling below.

 

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WE READY TO RE NAME ST JAMES PL & FULTON ST IN BKLYN AFTER BIGGIE!!!! @notorious_big_ @fytnotoriousbig

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Watch: Notorious B.I.G.’s Son CJ Wallace + Voletta Wallace Discuss Brooklyn’s New Christopher Wallace Way

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Late rap icon Notorious B.I.G.‘s family has kept his legacy alive and are dishing on it. Biggie Smalls’ mom Voletta Wallace and son CJ Wallace discuss bringing a long-awaited Christopher Wallace Way to Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Street to Be Renamed in Honor of Notorious B.I.G.

The Brooklyn intersection where the Notorious B.I.G grew up at is getting renamed in his honor. The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation, announced the news on his 47th birthday yesterday.

Billboard reports that a ceremony will be held on June 10th to officially rename the Fulton Street intersection between Gates Avenue on St. James Place to Christopher Wallace Way. The ceremony is open to the public and several members of the late rapper’s family will be in attendance, including his mother, Voletta Wallace.

The Brooklyn Community Board 2 approved the initiative in November but additional approval from City Council and New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio was needed.

“Honoring Biggie symbolizes more than just one man,” LeRoy McCarthy, who came up with the idea a few years back, told Rolling Stone. “It symbolizes a culture. It symbolizes a borough. It symbolizes a people, and hip-hop is worldwide.”

Biggie is the latest rapper to get a street renamed after him posthumously. The Crenshaw Boulevard and West Slauson Avenue intersection was changed to Nipsey Hussle Square back in April,

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