The record contained hit songs that have become hip-hop classics, including “Juicy,” “Big Poppa,” and “Gimme the Loot.” Because of his music’s explicit lyrics, Biggie helped ...

Jay-Z asked Kent to play the beat for nearly 20 minutes, then went into the booth and changed all his lyrics from everything ... M.A.F.I.A. — revealed what Big Poppa really thought about Jay ...

By Dan Rys, Billboard Biggie and Tupac will be forever linked, so it seems appropriate that Big Poppa too never broke ... pops up in dozens of rappers’ lyrics, whether they’re comparing ...