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Topic: Biggie Smalls

Dream Hampton (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A film time capsule of 1990s rap greats

D. Watkins
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

We knew Diddy's history of violence

Nardos Haile
The Notorious B.I.G. (Des Willie/Redferns/Getty Images)

Biggie Smalls' "unwavering confidence"

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Lauryn Hill; Kendrick Lamar; Notorious B.I.G. (Getty/AP/Salon)

A hip-hop Pulitzer? That came late

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Mike Colter in "Luke Cage" (Netflix/Myles Aronowitz)

"Bullets can't hurt him"

Melanie McFarland