The photo is known as the 'Mona Lisa of hip-hop' and the $6 crown sold for over half a million dollars at auction in 2020 ...

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

The Notorious B.I.G.'s estate and photographer Barron Claiborne are suing Target and Home Depot for selling unauthorized ...

Notorious B.I.G.'s estate is taking large companies to task for illegally capitalizing off the late rapper's image and ...

A legal filing names iCanvas, Target, Nordstrom, and more as defendants allegedly selling unauthorized merchandise.

According to Billboard, the photo at issue — titled “ The King Of New York ” and taken by Barron Claiborne days before his ...

Barron Claiborne wasn’t exactly known for shooting rappers when Biggie showed up at his studio near Wall Street for a Rap Pages magazine shoot. He felt images of rappers had been cliché ...

The photos — taken by photographer Barron Claiborne, who is also named as a plaintiff in the lawsuit — are some of the most well-known images of the late rapper. One is featured in a huge ...

The legacy of The Notorious B.I.G. , one of hip-hop's most iconic figures, continues to resonate deeply within the music industry and beyond.

Photographer Barron Claiborne took the famed portrait of the rapper Christopher George Latore Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls just three days before his death in 1997 from a drive-by-shooting ...

The plaintiffs—The Notorious B.I.G. LLC, Republic Merchandising, and photographer Barron Claiborne—allege the image has been unlawfully used on merchandise since 2015. The lawsuit states ...