Be in Peace, Notorious B.I.G
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Notorious B.I.G., a rap/hip-hop legend. It was after listening to “Big Poppa” that I became hooked on his music. He still lives with all of us! Just listen to one of his songs….alive and well!
Odeo has a great interview with Biggie that aired 4 days before he was killed. Davey D. has some profound questions which are pretty thought provoking:
What sort of example have we left for his kids over the past 10 years? They are now old enough to look around and ask questions and soak up game. Can they look to our collective behavior within Hip Hop and emulate it and wind up in a good and safe place? Or do they need to turn away and look elsewhere? Have we made this Hip Hop World a better place for them? If so how? Was Biggie’s death in vain? Can his kids really look up to us? Have we really listened to the pleas his grieving mother made when she asked us to do better?
I feel that hip-hop music is beginning to evolve and I do see and hear some changes, albeit slow changes. But changes, nonetheless. There’s still alot that needs to be done because you still have artists talking about violence, sex, and all that negative stuff. The only way it’s going to change is if artists started spittin’ positive vibes. The more positive vibes there are, the easier it will be to wipe out all the negative energy.
To us it’s still a “mystery” as to who killed Biggie and Tupac. All I know is that nobody’s death is ever in vain. If anything their “deaths” were a sign that the hip-hop community needed to change. (I really don’t believe that people “die”, they just go to a different spiritual plane).
So, what do you think? Is the hip hop community changing for the better?
One Response to “Be in Peace, Notorious B.I.G”
By JaCinta on Nov 5, 2007 | Reply
i really do think that the hip hop community is changing for the better. alot of ppl are so focused on the negative things that hip hop is known for but nobody points out the good. we are quick to say that, that new ” T.I.” video was a disgrace to woman but we never are quick to add that T.I. has done alot to help our women and our community we as a black ppl have to stick together instead of tryna break each other down we are hated on already so why give ppl more to talk about we need to stand together and fight this system b/c believe me there is a system out there and there ar emore important thangs to worry about instead of who has the worst lyrics in a song or who had the worst video the solution is simple: if you dont like the music then dont buy it…..