Solar-powered Biggie Smalls sculpture unveiled in Downtown Brooklyn
NEW YORK -- Hip-hop legend Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls, got a hometown tribute in Downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday.
The community unveiled an interactive art sculpture of Wallace in Cadman Plaza East as part of the celebration of the 50-year anniversary of hip-hop.
"For us in Brooklyn, Biggie is at the center of it all. They say hip-hop was born in the Bronx, but it was raised in Brooklyn, and we have the greatest rapper of all time from our borough, from Bed-Stuy, and to have him and his sculpture here, it's an honor," Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso said.
The sculpture is solar-powered, playing a mix of music from the Notorious B.I.G.
It will be on display until November.
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