THE NOTORIOUS LIVE: A BIG LIVE CONNECTION TO CHRISTOPHER WALLACE

Today The Big Live is quite inspired by a fellow Brooklynite. On March 9th,1997, The Notorious BIG aka Christopher Wallace was gunned down. Things were never the same but tributes were paid for the man that moved many across the world. A great story I personally have of Biggie's influence is one that brought me Australia for a church retreat. On these retreats we were given the opportunity to meet people from across the world and then trade gifts. A friend of mine brought along his "Ready to Die" album (a personal favorite of mine), and wanted to trade it. After scoping the field of hundreds of thousands of people, we found a middle aged, student and asked him would be like to trade. It was not the best effort without telling him before hand what we had to trade. As soon as my friend said notorious BIG Ready to Die, the young man was taken aback. It was a huge gasp followed by, "I don't have anything worth that much." It was weird to us at first, but he followed by saying, "Biggie is popular in my country [Belgium]. It's actually very difficult to find a physical Biggie album there. Everyone I know has a digital copy." My friend insisted that the young man take the CD, and indeed he eventually took it from him. His face was glowing  as he read the credits on the back cover. As we parted ways my friend looked at his gift, he really did appreciate the small gesture returned. If Biggie knew how big he would be after his death, well maybe the album titled "Life After Death" wouldn't have been such a gem. The BIG LIVE appreciates Notorious BIG, as a huge figure in the urban culture, and in the Hip Hop World. Of course he was in fact a musical influence on CEO Mr. Pierry Benjamin. Benjamin is a huge hip hop fanatic, and last summer released his talents to the world as well. Releasing "Never College Dropoutz", Pierry indeed drew influences from of course personal favorite Jay-z, his fellow Queens Native Nas, and his very own hometown Brooklyn Mogul Biggie. The BIG LIVE would like to thank Notorious BIG for all that he did, and honor his life with our BIG LIVE Notorious BIG Logo. NOTORIOUS BIG's legacy will forever live on.