If you’re a hip-hop fan who will be in the NYC area this weekend, then get into it.

Rapper/Producer Christina K might be from “Murrland” but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t up on Big. In fact, she made a song called “Maryland” a couple of years ago that paid homage to her hometown but also to Biggie at the same time because she rapped over his beat for “Every Day Struggle” ( from Ready to Die). She begins the song by saying, “Biggie said he was ready to die on this track, but I’m ready to live so I had to flip it.”

Listen below:

Like what you heard? Then download it HERE.

P.S. Christina K is the real mastermind behind Nas and Green Lantern’s “Black President.” I’ll have to repost the interview I did with her for Honey magazine, but in the meantime, check out her music HERE.

He turned his experience meeting Big into a tribute song. Check it out:

You can hit RH Bless on his Twitter.

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It made my day to stumble upon vintage flicks of the Queen Bee.

I liked Lil’ Kim a lot when she first came out (even though I had to sneak to listen to her music back then) but now I can’t relate to her new image. She looks like Latoya Jackson with a blond wig on. I never got the excess-plastic-surgery-wannabe-Barbie-PlayBoy-Bunny obsession that a lot of Black girls have–OK, I get it but that’s another blog…a long one. I miss the Brooklyn girl that I used to know. Body dismorphic syndrome is a beast but I digress. Let’s reminisce about the good ol’ days…

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