Editing The Notorious B.I.G. (section)

== Posthumous releases ==
Sixteen days after his death, Wallace's second studio album, ''Life After Death'', was released on March 25, 1997.<ref name="i437">{{cite web | last=Madden | first=Sidney | title=The Notorious B.I.G. Drops Life After Death Album | website=[[XXL Mag]] | date=March 25, 2023 | url=https://www.xxlmag.com/today-hip-hop-notorious-b-g-drops-life-death/ | access-date=November 9, 2024}}</ref> The album achieved four-time platinum certification and became the highest-selling release of the year, tying with [[MC Hammer]]'s ''[[Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em]]'' (1990) as one of the best-selling rap albums of all time at release. ''Life After Death'' debuted at No. 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="y453">{{cite magazine | last=Aderoju | first=Darlene | title=Notorious B.I.G. Honored in Celebration of 50th Birthday With 25th-Anniversary 'Life After Death' Box Set | magazine=[[billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=February 23, 2022 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/notorious-b-i-g-honored-50th-birthday-25th-anniversary-of-life-after-death-1235035226/ | access-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113054622/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/notorious-b-i-g-honored-50th-birthday-25th-anniversary-of-life-after-death-1235035226/ | url-status=live }}</ref> It had briefly appeared earlier at No. 176 due to street-date violations.<ref name="d431">{{cite web | agency=[[Associated Press]] | first=Erik | last=Pedersen | title=Fans in touch with Radiohead's 'Rainbows' | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=January 10, 2008 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fans-touch-radioheads-rainbows-102204/ | access-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113001301/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fans-touch-radioheads-rainbows-102204/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The follow-up single of "Hypnotize", "[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]", featuring Combs and [[Mase]], became Wallace's biggest chart success, reaching No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making him the first artist to achieve two posthumous No. 1 singles.<ref name="t749">{{cite web | last=Muhammad | first=Ismail | title=Mo Money Mo Problems by Notorious B.I.G. | publisher=[[PBS]] | date=May 31, 2017 | url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/songs-of-the-summer-1997/ | access-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-date=October 8, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008014839/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/songs-of-the-summer-1997/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="b483">{{cite magazine | last=Zellner | first=Xander | title=XXXTentacion, The Notorious B.I.G. & Other Artists Who Hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 Posthumously | magazine=[[billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=June 27, 2018 | url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/artists-who-hit-no-1-hot-100-posthumously-xxxtentacion/ | access-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-date=February 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215193923/https://www.billboard.com/pro/artists-who-hit-no-1-hot-100-posthumously-xxxtentacion/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The third single, "[[Sky's the Limit (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Sky's the Limit]]", featuring the band 112, featured a Spike Jonze-directed video with children portraying Wallace and his contemporaries, including Combs, Lil' Kim, and Busta Rhymes.<ref name="r393">{{cite web | title=We'll Always Love Big Poppa: 5 Unforgettable Notorious B.I.G. Videos | website=[[Rap-Up]] | date=March 9, 2011 | url=https://www.rap-up.com/article/2011/03/09/well-always-love-big-poppa-5-unforgettable-notorious-big-videos | access-date=November 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="t872">{{cite magazine | title=The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time: Staff List | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=August 27, 2020 | url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/100-best-music-video-artists-9440075/ | access-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-date=August 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827203952/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9440075/100-best-music-video-artists | url-status=live }}</ref> In December 1997, [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'']] named Wallace Artist of the Year, with "Hypnotize" as Single of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/notoriousbig/articles/story/5919193/big_gets_props_from_ispini|title=B.I.G. Gets Props From Spin|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 2, 1997|access-date=November 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817163932/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/notoriousbig/articles/story/5919193/big_gets_props_from_ispini|archive-date=August 17, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Sean Combs 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Sean Combs (P. Diddy/Puff Dady) wearing sunglasses while singing into a microphone|Wallace featured on five tracks on Combs' (''pictured in 2006'') ''No Way Out'' album.]]

In mid-1997, Combs released his debut album, ''No Way Out'', which featured Wallace on five tracks, including the single "Victory".{{refn|<ref name="t971">{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Preezy | title=Bad Boy For Life: 20 Facts About Puff Daddy & The Family's 'No Way Out' | website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] | date=July 1, 2017 | url=https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/bad-boy-for-life-20-facts-about-puff-daddy-the-familys-no-way-out-523343/ | access-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113001808/https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/bad-boy-for-life-20-facts-about-puff-daddy-the-familys-no-way-out-523343/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="n380">{{cite magazine | last=Ramirez | first=Erika | title=Biggie's Biggest: The Notorious B.I.G.'s Top 15 Billboard Hot 100 Hits | magazine=[[billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=November 6, 2020 | url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/notorious-bigs-15-biggest-hot-100-hits/ | access-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113061712/https://www.billboard.com/pro/notorious-bigs-15-biggest-hot-100-hits/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="m539">{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Preezy | title=Damon Dash Claims Diddy And Biggie Smalls Copied Him And JAY-Z | website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] | date=April 18, 2024 | url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/dame-dash-diddy-biggie-smalls-copying-jay-z-1234871425/ | access-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113055633/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/dame-dash-diddy-biggie-smalls-copying-jay-z-1234871425/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="v276">{{cite magazine | last1=Aaron | first1=Charles | last2=Reeves | first2=Mosi | last3=Dukes | first3=Will | last4=Gross | first4=Joe | title=The 50 Best Notorious B.I.G. Songs | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=March 9, 2022 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-notorious-big-songs-1312298/its-all-about-the-benjamins-remix-puff-daddy-the-family-feat-notorious-b-i-g-lil-kim-and-the-lox-1997-1314710/ | access-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113002128/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-notorious-big-songs-1312298/its-all-about-the-benjamins-remix-puff-daddy-the-family-feat-notorious-b-i-g-lil-kim-and-the-lox-1997-1314710/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="l192">{{cite web | last=Lyons | first=Patrick | title=Notorious B.I.G.'s Five Most Underrated Tracks | website=[[HotNewHipHop]] | date=March 9, 2017 | url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/60448-notorious-bigs-five-most-underrated-tracks-news | access-date=November 12, 2024}}</ref>}} The album's most second track, "[[I'll Be Missing You]]", featuring Combs, Evans, and 112, was dedicated to Wallace's memory and became a worldwide chart-topper.<ref name="o889">{{cite web | last=Abraham | first=Mya | title=Sting Says Diddy Allegations And Arrest Don't 'Taint' 1983 Hit, 'Every Breath You Take' | website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] | date=November 12, 2024 | url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/sting-diddy-sample-reaction-sexual-assault-allegations-1234943122/ | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112192359/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/sting-diddy-sample-reaction-sexual-assault-allegations-1234943122/ | url-status=live }}</ref> At the [[1998 Grammy Awards]], ''Life After Death'' and its first two singles—"Hypnotize" and "Mo Money Mo Problems"—received nominations in the rap category.<ref name="CNNGRAMM">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/showbiz/grammy/winners/rap.html |title=1998 Grammy Awards – Rap music winners |author=<!-- Staff writer(s); no by-line. --> |year=1998 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=December 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823141052/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/showbiz/grammy/winners/rap.html |archive-date=August 23, 2000}}</ref> Combs' ''No Way Out'' won Best Rap Album,<ref name="g905">{{cite web | last=Pearce | first=Sheldon | title=Puff Daddy & the Family: No Way Out | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=March 9, 2017 | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22953-no-way-out/ | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=March 9, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309123612/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22953-no-way-out/ | url-status=live }}</ref> while "I'll Be Missing You" won [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group|Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group]],<ref name="c491">{{cite web | last=Kaplan | first=Stephanie | title=Sting Insists Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Scandal Doesn't 'Taint' The Police's Song the Rapper Sampled in His Grammy-Winning Track | website=[[OK!]] | date=November 11, 2024 | url=https://okmagazine.com/p/sting-sean-diddy-combs-scandal-doesnt-taint-song-sampled/ | access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> where Wallace's "Mo Money Mo Problems" was also nominated.<ref name="CNNGRAMM"/> In December 1999, Bad Boy Records released [[Born Again (The Notorious B.I.G. album)|''Born Again'']],<ref name="c241">{{cite magazine | last=Boardman | first=Madeline | title=The Notorious BIG: Life in Photos | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=March 9, 2016 | url=https://ew.com/gallery/notorious-big-life-in-photos/ | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=March 14, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314202305/https://ew.com/gallery/notorious-big-life-in-photos/ | url-status=live }}</ref> an album featuring previously unreleased material from Wallace, mixed with new guest appearances from artists he had not collaborated with during his lifetime, including [[Eminem]] and [[Missy Elliott]].<ref name="v430">{{cite web | title=Born Again | publisher=[[NME]] | date=September 12, 2005 | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-1702-332306 | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=April 2, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402120713/https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-1702-332306 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="m133">{{cite web | last=Greene | first=Jayson | title=The Notorious B.I.G.: Born Again | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=March 9, 2017 | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22954-born-again/ | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=May 24, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524193601/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22954-born-again/ | url-status=live }}</ref> It spawned two singles: "[[Dead Wrong (song)|Dead Wrong]]" and "[[Notorious B.I.G. (song)|Notorious B.I.G.]]", released on October 26, 1999, and December 11, 1999, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/dead-wrong-featuring-eminem/216665035|title=Dead Wrong (Featuring Eminem)|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/my/song/notorious-b-i-g-featuring-lil-kim-puff-daddy/216665152|title=Notorious B.I.G. (Featuring Lil' Kim & Puff Daddy) |publisher=[[Apple Music]] (MY)|access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> "Notorious B.I.G." peaked at No. 82 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="h432">{{cite web | last=Breihan | first=Tom | title=The Number Ones: The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Mo Money Mo Problems" (Feat. Puff Daddy & Mase) | website=[[Stereogum]] | date=May 13, 2022 | url=https://www.stereogum.com/2186248/the-number-ones-the-notorious-b-i-g-s-mo-money-mo-problems-feat-puff-daddy-mase/columns/the-number-ones/ | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=February 24, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224070536/https://www.stereogum.com/2186248/the-number-ones-the-notorious-b-i-g-s-mo-money-mo-problems-feat-puff-daddy-mase/columns/the-number-ones/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Wallace featured on Michael Jackson's album [[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|''Invincible'']], providing lead vocals for the track "Unbreakable", which was released on October 30, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/in/song/unbreakable/215738278|title=Unbreakable|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (IN)|access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> Wallace's vocals appeared on [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]'s "[[Unfoolish]]" in 2002,<ref name="o118">{{cite web | title=Recalls Sampling The Notorious B.I.G. On "Unfoolish," Says "Puff Swore That Irv Took His Beat" | website=[[HipHopDX]] | date=March 7, 2014 | url=https://hiphopdx.com/videos/id.15730/title.ashanti-recalls-sampling-the-notorious-b-i-g-on-unfoolish-says-puff-swore-that-irv-took-his-beat | access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> and the track "[[Runnin' (Dying to Live)]]" with Shakur in 2003.<ref name="k551">{{cite magazine | last1=Aaron | first1=Charles | last2=Reeves | first2=Mosi | last3=Dukes | first3=Will | last4=Gross | first4=Joe | title=The 50 Best Notorious B.I.G. Songs | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=March 9, 2022 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-notorious-big-songs-1312298/runnin-dying-to-live-2pac-feat-the-notorious-b-i-g-2002-1314729/ | access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Duets: The Final Chapter]]'', a [[remix album]], was released on December 20, 2005, which spawned the singles "[[Nasty Girl (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Nasty Girl]]" and "[[Spit Your Game]]".<ref name="l527">{{cite web | last=Henderson | first=Eric | title=Review: The Notorious B.I.G., Duets: The Final Chapter | website=[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]] | date=December 20, 2005 | url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-notorious-b-i-g-duets-the-final-chapter/ | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=July 12, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712225435/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-notorious-b-i-g-duets-the-final-chapter/ | url-status=live }}</ref> "Nasty Girl" features Combs, [[Nelly]], [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]] and [[Avery Storm]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pg/song/nasty-girl-featuring-p-diddy-nelly-jagged-edge-avery-storm/216665155|title=Nasty Girl (Featuring P. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm)|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (PG)|access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> and "Spit Your Game" includes guest appearances from [[Krayzie Bone]], [[Twista]], and [[8Ball & MJG]]. The album peaked at No. 3 on ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name="e885">{{cite magazine | title=Biography, Music & News | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=March 24, 2007 | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-notorious-b.i.g./chart-history/tlp/ | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=November 4, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104124007/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-notorious-b.i.g./chart-history/tlp/ | url-status=live }}</ref> while "Nasty Girl" peaked at No. 44 on the Hot 100.<ref name="b254">{{cite magazine | title=The Notorious B.I.G.: Billboard Hot 100 | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=August 30, 1997 | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-notorious-b.i.g./chart-history/hsi/ | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=October 20, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020141713/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-notorious-b.i.g./chart-history/hsi/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Combs and Voletta both stated ''Duets: The Final Chapter'' would be the last album primarily featuring new material.<ref name="u327">{{cite web | title=Notorious B.I.G.: an album too far? | website=[[The Independent]] | date=January 27, 2006 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/notorious-b-i-g-an-album-too-far-524639.html | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=April 10, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410130319/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/notorious-b-i-g-an-album-too-far-524639.html | url-status=live }}</ref> A [[compilation album]], ''[[Greatest Hits (The Notorious B.I.G. album)|Greatest Hits]]'', was released on March 6, 2007—three days before the tenth anniversary of Wallace's death.<ref name="l360">{{cite web | title=Greatest Hits | publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US) | date=March 6, 2007 | url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-notorious-b-i-g-greatest-hits/216664955 | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=August 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819000456/https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-notorious-b-i-g-greatest-hits/216664955 | url-status=live }}</ref> It included tracks like "Juicy" and "Big Poppa",<ref name="l360"/> but was criticized by [[AllMusic]] for not containing hits like "Mo Money Mo Problems" and "[[Going Back to Cali (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Going Back to Cali]]".<ref name="k891">{{cite web | title=Greatest Hits: The Notorious B.I.G. | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | date=March 6, 2007 | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-mw0000578068 | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=October 7, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007200334/https://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-mw0000578068 | url-status=live }}</ref> The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.<ref name="y337">{{cite magazine | title=Biggie Best-Of Bows at No. 1 | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=March 14, 2007 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/biggie-best-of-bows-at-no-1-1326036/ | access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> On May 19, 2017, ''[[The King & I (Faith Evans and The Notorious B.I.G. album)|The King & I]]'', a duet album featuring Evans and Wallace, was released, showcasing mostly unreleased tracks.<ref name="j436">{{cite web | last=Gibsone | first=Harriet | title=Faith Evans and Notorious BIG duet album due out in May | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=February 3, 2017 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/03/faith-evans-notorious-big-duet-album | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=May 20, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520044608/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/03/faith-evans-notorious-big-duet-album | url-status=live }}</ref> The album peaked at No. 65 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="k026">{{cite magazine | title=Faith Evans: Billboard 200 | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/faith-evans/chart-history/tlp/ | access-date=November 13, 2024 | archive-date=April 10, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410134318/https://www.billboard.com/artist/faith-evans/chart-history/tlp/ | url-status=live }}</ref>