Diddy and The Notorious B.I.G.’s friendship dates back to the early 1990s. Biggie was at a crossroads in his personal life, having to choose between selling drugs on the streets of Brooklyn or ...

Hip-hop has always been about appropriation. Not necessarily cultural, but at least formal--it's a genre built on samples, riffs and reinterpretations, making collage out of found parts. In this ...