Notorious B.I.G. Murder Case To Reopen

Nearly a decade after the Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down on the streets of Los Angeles, the crime is still an unsolved murder. However, the Los Angeles Police Department has assigned a new team of detectives to investigate the 1997 slaying of the 24-year-old rapper. Assistant City Attorney Don Vincent told city council members on Thursday that the new team was assigned to revisit the case after the department was ordered to pay a...

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Shipments of Notorious B.I.G.’s Debut Stopped

A judge halted sales of the Notorious B.I.G.’s 1994 debut, Ready to Die on Friday after a jury decided that the title track used a sample of the Ohio Players song “Singing in the Morning” without permission, according to The Associated Press. The jury also awarded $4.2 million in damages to the two companies that own the rights to Ohio Players recordings on Friday as U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell called for a...

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