So, today would've been the birthday of the greatest to ever do it, Christopher Wallace AKA: NO-NO-NO-NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Today he would've been 40 years old (provided he hadn't been gunned down by cholesterol).You ever wonder what Biggie reincarnated would think of his old cohorts today? Now that Puff Daddy is Diddy lining his pockets with Belieber money, Lil Kim's blown her Junior M.A.F.I.A. royalties on surgery to make herself look like an elderly Vietnamese woman and Ma$e quit muff to become a pastor. I think he'd have been dissapointed.Anyway, sadly there's been no confirmation of a Biggie hologram bounding around the streets of Brooklyn re-enacting "Juicy," so we're just going to have to make do with a bunch of videos of the big guy at his prime.1. Let's start with this rare one of the big man and Jay-Z performing "Get Money" live, way before Jigga was tied down with that no-mark of a wife of his.2. Back when Biggie and Tupac were best of mates and were able to sit down and have a civilized freestyle. In other words, when "Hit 'Em Up" was just a twinkle in the eye of diss tracks.3.Freestyling on the street in Bed-Stuy aged 17, a young Wallace looks pretty much anorexic here… BUT HIS RHYMES AREN'T, YO! Hello? Guys?4.One of his lesser known collaborations.5.Happy birthday Biggie, Rest In Power.
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