The Notorious B.I.G. received widespread love from the hip-hop community on the 23rd anniversary his passing, one those people being rap vet T.I. Instagram.
March 9 will forever be a day mourning for the hip-hop community, as it marks the day that one the greatest emcees to ever touch a mic, Brooklyn’s own The Notorious B.I.G, lost his life due to a fatal shooting sparked by the infamous East Coast/West Coast beef the ’90s. Even 23 years laters his presence is deeply missed, as fellow rap vet T.I. made perfectly clear through a quick Instagram tribute yesterday.
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T.I. captioned his photo slide tribute by simply writing “RIP BIG,” following up with “Gone But Never Forgotten” while also adding a few fitting crown emojis in-between his words. The King the South paid tribute to the King New York with a series flicks, including a promo still from BIG’s Ready To Die album era, the classic VIBE Magazine cover shot with wife Faith Evans sitting next to him in a drop top, photos him wearing that signature COOGI sweater and Versace shades and photos where he’s just cooling out in the borough that loved him dearly. As you can see in the iconic photo above, Biggie was given a final drive through his old St James Place neighborhood on the day his funeral (March 18) in a manner fit for a king. “Shit’ll Never Be The Same!!!” T.I. wrote as a final line in his caption, and we couldn’t agree more.
R.I.P. forever, BIG. Take a look at T.I.’s tribute post to the Brooklyn icon below: