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The Infamous B.I.G.’s legacy lives on greater than 25 years after his loss of life.
Family and friends of the late rap legend honored his reminiscence Friday, forward of what would have been his fiftieth birthday, on the 2nd Annual B.I.G. Dinner Gala at Guastavino’s in New York Metropolis.
The occasion was hosted by Lil’ Kim, who informed PEOPLE she thinks her Junior M.A.F.I.A. collaborator would nonetheless be “humorous, enjoyable, good-looking, fly loopy” at age 50.
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“It is all the time vital to honor the king. He is the king. The king lives on,” Kim, 47, added. “He is simply an incredible particular person, wonderful artist … his legacy. It is simply nice. Like, I imply, have a look at the catalog. Take a look at every thing that he is achieved, even at such a younger age.”
Biggie’s son C.J. Wallace, who was additionally amongst these in attendance, mentioned that “it speaks volumes” to see all of the individuals who turned out to maintain his father’s legacy alive.
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“You know the way deep the legacy lives on and you understand how vital it’s to the household on the finish of the day,” he mentioned. “He has extra than simply his bloodline, he has an actual distinct household of folks that transcend the grave.”
“He was greater than only a rapper greater than an artist. He was an educator, he was a poet, clearly a author. He was a prophet. He was right here to do extra than simply make some songs or report a few albums, which is on the finish of the day, that is what he did. And he did far more than that in his spare time,” Wallace, 25, added.
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The Infamous B.I.G. died in a Los Angeles drive-by taking pictures at age 24 in 1997, when C.J. was simply 5 months outdated.
Wallace, who performed his father as a baby within the 2009 biopic Infamous, honors his late father along with his Assume BIG initiative, which helps organizations that “advocate for social and felony justice reform, together with the fights in opposition to mass incarceration and local weather change.”
