A New York street is now renamed after late rap legend Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace. Brooklyn has another piece of history in place.

At the corner of St. James Place and Fulton Street, it’s now “Christopher ‘Notorious B.I.G.‘ Wallace Way.” Yes, the whole thing is the street’s name now, according to Fox 5 News. Reportedly, B.I.G.’s family members and friends were in the ceremony’s attendance. That included singer Faith Evans as well.

It’s only fitting that officials would bring the honor back to Notorious B.I.G.’s neighborhood, on St. James Place in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Pitchfork reports that the renaming ceremony was held at the corner of Fulton Street and St. James Place, in Clinton Hill.

According to Fox News 5, it was rainy. But that wasn’t stopping anyone from coming out to the event. “SPREAD LOVE, IT’S THE BROOKLYN WAY,” the source captioned a video of the event.

“The rain won’t stop family, friends and fans of legendary rapper Christopher Wallace -the Notorious B.I.G.- from honoring his memory at a street renaming for the late Brooklynite,” Fox reports.

Here’s Video Of Biggie’s Renaming Ceremony [Video]>>>

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The former Junior M.A.F.I.A. members reunited Tuesday night in NYC, where a huge party was thrown at TAO Downtown in his honor. This appears to be the first time Lil Cease and Lil Kim have have been seen interacting publicly since their falling out in 2005 according to TMZ.

To jog your memory,  Cease testified against Kim during her federal perjury trial — which helped prosecutors case against her when she was found to have lied to a grand jury about a shooting she’d witnessed. Kim spent a year in prison for it.

Well, the former foes have buried their past issues and reunited in honor of late mentor B.I.G. both of whom were incredibly close to Biggie when he was alive and have recorded a number of songs together … including their ’96 hit, “Crush on You.”

Longtime Biggie Smalls friend/collaborator DJ Mister Cee went to Instagram this week to share an epic shot of Kim/Cease together.

Captioned: “YALL GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PIC MEANS 2DAY!!!!”

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In 2011, Kim said past internal issues likely would prevent her from ever talking to Cease again.

“At this point I would say never,” Kim declared. “Only God directs my life so I can’t say if I would ever speak to him in the future. But at this point, no. I have not seen a single change and then I’ve seen a bunch of talk and a bunch of contradictions, so no.” (RapFix)

Kim and Cease were seen hanging out together with a bunch of their famous pals, like Busta Rhymes, Cedric the Entertainer, Jadakiss and other hip-hop heads too.

With music provided by DJ Reach, Stacks and DJ Shortkutz … the shindig looked like a classic family throwdown

Next: The Apology Next >>>>

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It’s been a little over a year since former Bad Boy Records songstress, Faith Evans, married her late ex-husband’s music producer, Stevie J., but some Biggie fans are adamant about calling Faith and Biggie out over it. That was quite obvious based on the debate that was sparked on Biggie’s birthday- May 21, 2019.

What Happened Was…
The drama started over a series of online posts Faith shared, paying homage to the legendary father of her son, CJ Wallace, on what would have been Biggie’s 47th birthday.

In one of her Biggie b-day posts, Faith shared a photo of the Bad Boy legend, with this cheerful message:

therealfaithevans: Happy BIG Day!!! #BIGFOREVER #WELLALWAYSLOVEBIGPOPPA

She also shared the below loving message about her ex-husband, Biggie, encouraging fans to go blast Biggie hits all day to pay homage to him on his 47th:

therealfaithevans: Celebrate the life and legacy of The Notorious B.I.G. and listen to your favorite songs all day!

Now, Get A Load Of The Debate Faith’s Posts Done Stirred Up>>>

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Before We Start…

Before we get into what’s currently goin’ on with Faith’s family, can we take a second to talk about the fact that her son, Christopher Jordan Wallace Jr. a.k.a. C.J. Wallace has grown up?!! He’s 21 years old now and out here lookin’ like a slim look-alike version of his legendary pops, Christopher Wallace Sr. a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G.! Here is a recent pic of him…

Aiight now onto the bombshells and things..

Bombshell About Biggie’s & Faith’s Son & Why Family Is Reportedly Pissed

When news spread like wildfire that Faith married Stevie J seemingly outta the blue, many were surprised for several reasons: (1) Fans questioned why Faith suddenly married Stevie, with all of his baby-mama drama; (2) Many also wondered what to make out of Faith marrying her deceased husband’s producer.

Well, now we all have a reason to add a new question to the aforementioned: Why did Faith marry the GODFATHER of her and Biggie’s son? Yep, you read that right, Stevie J is who Biggie and Faith apparently chose as the godfather to Christopher Jr., which made sense, given that Stevie was such a close friend to both of them. That adds even more fuel to the reportedly furious fire that is now burning among Faith’s family, regarding her latest impromptu wedding.

Word on the Old School curb is that C.J. is pissed off to the highest level of pissivity (that’s not a real word…but y’all get it) after learning that his moms upped and married his godfather. Faith’s family is also pissed about it, according to TMZ. Here’s what was just reported:

Family sources on both sides tell TMZ … they were never given a heads-up marriage was even a possibility. We’re told there was never talk — not a hint — of a wedding. Faith was scheduled to be in L.A. getting ready for a London trip, and Stevie was just in Atlanta for ‘Love & Hip Hop’ … so the Vegas rendezvous that ended in “I do” floored everyone.

Our sources say there are a lot of hurt feelings among those close to the couple … especially their kids. We’re told Faith’s son, CJ Wallace — her child with Biggie Smalls — is especially upset … because he’s also Stevie’s godson.

There’s more…

Family Thinks Stevie J Manipulated Faith Into Marriage?

It was also reported that Faith’s family believes Stevie J. manipulated and/or pressured Faith into doing a quickie marriage, so she wouldn’t consult with them and thus, change her mind:

Via TMZ- Family sources on Faith’s side tell us … Faith told them Stevie J went to her Tuesday and told her they needed to get married that day. The sources think Stevie J knew if Faith started telling friends and family she was marrying him, they would talk her out of it. …Friends and family members were blowing up Faith’s phone Wednesday, asking her why she did it. She responded by sending them a song she just recorded with Stevie J called, “A Minute” with the explanation … it only took a minute to fall in love.

Oh boy! This is like a real-life reality show…minus the scripted TV fights.

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As you can see from her Instagram page, Queen Bey posted portraits of herself wearing Lil Kim-inspired costumes for Halloween. In a series of images, she has made the Internet (and Lil’ Kim) go crazy.

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Via Beyoncé’s website, she states, “Hip Hop would not be the same without our original Queen B.”

Although the images were posted to her website first, Instagram has shown mad love for Beyoncé and her photo tribute to Lil’ Kim.

Likewise, fans are excited to see her wearing black hair again, as shown in the top photo. Maybe they had forgotten how good she looks in any color. Literally, any color.

To this photo, Lil’ Kim had these words to say.

“Lawwwwddddd, my wig is all the way in China!!! SLAYED! You did that B!”

However, Bey wasn’t alone in her photos. Jay Z also joined his lady as Biggie…mannerisms and all.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbDZ_0XnOf8/

Lil’ Kim and Biggie were the dynamic duo of their time. And now, both Beyoncé and Jay sought to pay them homage for their massive influence in the game.

Lil’ Kim responded to Bey’s portrayal as follows.

“Beyonce the resemblance is crazy!! Match made in heaven. Every single detail is on point! I love you to pieces Bey.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbDXBnMn6Ll/

In all, Beyoncé chose to replicate five of Lil’ Kim’s looks. Via Bey’s website, she had the words “It ain’t over till Yonce” written across each photo.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbDToy-noZv/

With that being said, is there a possible Beyoncé and Lil Kim collab on the way?

Interesting…

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[Featured Photo via @beyonce / Instagram]

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Faith Evans is a sangin’ somebody as we all know, but we also know that Faith is a fighting somebody…just ask Lil’ Kim. As most of us have heard by now, Lil Kim and Faith had an ongoing beef and an infamous fist fight over the man they were both in love with, Faith’s deceased hubby, rapper, Notorious B.I.G.

Well, now on the 20th anniversary of her late husband, Biggie’s, death (March 9, 2017), Faith has let the world know in a recent interview with DJ Kay Slay on Shade 45, that the beef was WAY worse than we all knew. Not only did she discuss the beef between she and Kim, she talked about the beef between she and Biggie, Mary J. Blige and get this, Faith revealed that her very first boyfriend was a RAPPER, but he was NOT B.I.G.! Check out everything she revealed below.

Faith’s 1st Boyfriend Was Redman?

Faith said that her first boyfriend was rapper, Redman. They dated when she was in the 9th grade and he was just a church drummer at his mother’s church. she said they used to trade their removable gold front teeth. His had an ‘R’ on it and Faith proudly rocked it around school. Gotta love puppy love, right?

What About The So-Called Beef With Mary J. Blige?

The beef between she and Mary was imaginary because she said she never knew anything about it. In fact, at one point they were really cool and used to hang out because they both are close with a mutual friend, Misa Hylton-Brim (celeb’ fashion stylist and P. Diddy’s son’s mother).

Why Biggie Sliced Up ALL Of Her Clothes!

Faith says that she and Mary J were so cool at one point, that Mary even bought her a fly Coogi dress once. Faith said she cherished the hell outta that dress because ‘the Mary J.’ bought it. However, Biggie cut that dress ALL the way up during an argument after Faith had hidden his packed luggage he needed for a plane he was about to catch.

In the interview, Faith laughed and said she’d hid it and wouldn’t tell him where it was because she was trying to make him miss his flight on purpose, LOL. Biggie retaliated by cutting up not just her Coogi dress, but every particle of clothing Faith had in her closet.

What Faith Said About Her Altercations With Lil’ Kim

They Had MULTIPLE Fist Fights

Faith also said that she and Lil Kim didn’t just have that ONE fight we knew about, but that they MULTIPLE fist fights (not just the one we saw in the movie, Notorious) after Faith busted Kim and Biggie in the hotel. Turns out that it seems there was a time when they damn near came to blows on sight, whenever they came into close contact with each other! Faith said that 4’11” Kim is “feisty” though and was able to hang with her as they traded blows. Faith said she was “fresh out the bricks” and Kim was hood too, so that’s how they settled their disputes back then.

But WAIT…There’s More>>>

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