“Gangsta rap” songs like “Boyz-n-the-Hood” were hawked ... and no song announced hip-hop’s entrance into the mainstream louder than Biggie’s 1997 Billboard #1 single “Mo Money ...

Notably, Jackson later reused Biggie Smalls' verse from “You Can’t Stop the Reign” on “Unbreakable” in his 2001 Invincible album, further cementing Biggie's place in music history and ...