![]() ![]() ![]() Fast-forward to 2005, and Sean ‘Contractor’ Edwards, head of the Contractor Music Group, steers a deal that sees the audio from that Sting concert being licensed to Sean ‘Puffy’ Coombs. However, the story of Biggie Smalls and Sting doesn’t end there. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. ![]() It was a very successful Sting,” Sting promoter Isaiah Laing recalled. I took him to Pegasus and him do the show the night. “It was a lady in New York who I asked to go source Biggie, and she used her contacts to find him. Biggie, who had broken his leg in a car accident three months earlier, performed in a wheelchair as his leg was still in a cast. Sting was the last show that Biggie performed on, and the annual Boxing Day bash played host to a sold-out, 30,000-strong crowd and the top names in dancehall. Less than three months later, he was gunned down during a drive-by shooting while at a stoplight in LA. JAMAICAN TIESīiggie Smalls, who had ties to Jamaica through his mother Violetta Wallace, performed at JamWorld in Portmore, on what was billed as the greatest one-night show on earth, Sting, on December 26, 1996. His 1994 debut, Ready To Die – one of two studio albums recorded during his lifetime – is a classic in every sense. Signed to Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs’ Bad Boy Records, Biggie, who would have turned 50 this year, is considered one of the greatest rappers of all time, and as a testament to this, he is the second solo rapper to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. ![]() The auction was organized in collaboration with Monica Lynch, former president of Tommy Boy Records (1981-1998) who helped launch the careers of legends that include Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, and Naughty by Nature.Today, March 9, marks 25 years since rap legend, Biggie Smalls, also known as the Notorious B.I.G., was killed. Dre’s shiny World Class Wreckin’ Cru “Wrapped in Romance” suit and a cover study for De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising album.Īn undisclosed portion of Sotheby’s proceeds will benefit the Queens Public Library Foundation, to support their Hip Hop Programs, coordinated by “Uncle” Ralph McDaniels, as well as Building Beats, a non-profit community organization that teaches tech, entrepreneurial and leadership skills to underserved youth through DJ and music programs. Opal Lee, Niko Brim, and Sierato in honor of Juneteenth Holiday Campaign Dr. Other items of note in the sale included a complete run of The Source magazine Salt-N-Pepa’s famous “Push It” jackets an archive of love letters written by teenage Tupac Shakur’s a pair of custom Air Force 1 by Ms. Johnny Nelson, Ladies First Mount Rushmore Reimagined ring that failed to sell Sotheby's ![]()
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