R.I.P. The Notoriuos B.I.G.

You should've already known this was comin'.....I think I've already written about as much as anyone can write on the legendary Brooklynite, and still I don't think I've covered it all as well as possible...

It was Canibus who once said in a rhyme "The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th". No one could've put it any better.....The statement rings true and as loud as ever to this day, more powerful than tons of re-worked and unreleased music of Big's that's been dropped posthumously and a full length Hollywood film that made tons of money but left out many an important detail. We still all undoubtedly love Big Poppa but cringe at what some of his people have let stand in representation of his memory in the years after his passing. We cringe at the fact that his classic debut "Ready To Die" is harder than ever to find in record stores due to Puff not being able to clear up a court matter that escalated over an unreported sample. We wonder what Big would say....would he even be upset? Flattered? Or would he simply laugh, say something witty and take a long pull off of his blunt?.....

I like to think that it would be the latter.

Today is the man's death anniversary, and more than a few Internet websites and (hopefully TV stations as well), will do follow up's on his seemingly never-ending story. There will be much pointing and reminiscing about his methods, his music, his humor and his tragic demise that still to this day, more than 10 years afterward is unsolved.....all of this will unfold and Big will be somewhere laughing, perhaps warmly, about all the hub bub....spirit gliding across the skies peering in on both his children and mother, blowing a cold New York breeze down that catches them on their backs as they walk outside today, sending a chill up their spines.....and then that giant laughter of his is heard somewhere in the universe......gone but never forgotten.

-BIG D O