The “King of New York” session was Biggie’s last photo shoot before his death at age 24 in 1997 ... Back in 2020, the plastic crown worn by Biggie Smalls in the photo sold for nearly half a million ...

Journalist Vikki Tobak, who organized the 2018 photography book "Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop," deemed the "King ...

Biggie is featured in many anecdotes. In one, he obsessed over a Brooklyn dock selected for a photo shoot, repeatedly saying, “This is where they dump the dead bodies.” In another story ...

The late rapper's lawyers say the retail giants sold unauthorized prints of the iconic 1997 photo that were created ... extraordinary financial value,” Biggie’s estate writes, referring ...

Biggie is featured in many anecdotes. In one, he obsessed over a Brooklyn dock selected for a photo shoot, repeatedly saying, “This is where they dump the dead bodies.” In another story ...