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Notorious B.I.G. at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, 1997.

Photographer: Michael Lavine

"I found Biggie to be a very quiet soul. He's very large but when I met him he was very sweet, so it was this contrast in character. I swear, I was scared when I met him, but he was so sweet. I remember driving in my car with Puffy and Biggie in the graveyard and Puffy was giving me a hard time because Elvis was on my stereo, but Biggie was like, 'Come on man, Elvis is the man. Relax man.' The graveyard shot wasn't planned. It was shot with a long lens to get that ominous feeling. If you snap a shot, there normally you won't get that look. I just wanted to cram in as many tombstones as I could to get that effect. I knew it was good, but I didn't know it was going to have the resonance it did three weeks later."

Fata Morgana

Ridin’ through the hood with this little fly sumthin’, fly sumthin’; Always want to buy sumthin’, playa haters gotta hide from ‘em. Can’t go nowhere with my lady; Brothers, actin’ shady - baby pass me my .380. We chillin’ in the precious white sands; Baby, here’s the plan: charter plane to Amsterdam. And we can spend a whole buncha francs, francs; Woke up, little dank, listenin’ to Total sing.

Total feat Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott and Timbaland - What About Us [Remix]

Temptation - Hazel McNab

British , b. 1965 -