Lil Kim with daughter Royal Reign, Wallace’s daughter T’yanna Wallace, and members of Junior M.A.F.I.A. were all in attendance alongside stars like Fat Joe and Fabolous.
ESSENCE Visits Biggie’s Old Neighborhood To See How People Are Living His Legacy 20 Years Later
Our ESSENCE team went to the Notorious B.I.G.’s stomping grounds of Fort Greene, Brooklyn to see how resident’s remembered him. As it’s been two decades since we lost one of hip-hop’s finest, we asked people things like their favorite Biggie songs an
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There were toasts and tons of fun all in Biggie’s honor. Check out the pics below.
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Lil Kim’s 1st Annual B.I.G. Family Dinner
Dubbing the dinner the 1st Annual B.I.G. Family Dinner, host Lil Kim arrived with daughter Royal Reign by her side and Lil Cease on her arm.
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Lil Kim’s 1st Annual B.I.G. Family Dinner
Seems Cease and Kim have buried the hatchet after Cease testified against her during the rapper’s perjury trial in 2005. “I wanted to see you face-to-face . . . I genuinely apologize. I love you from the bottom of my heart . . . You are my sister,” Cease reportedly told Kim.
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Lil Kim’s 1st Annual B.I.G. Family Dinner
The event proved to be a family affair as those in attendance posed for pictures.
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Lil Kim’s 1st Annual B.I.G. Family Dinner
The Queen Bee remained at the center of it all throughout the evening, posing with close friends.
Just a week before the release of her new album, Eusexua, British artist FKA Twigs’s new haircut is an embodiment of the word. In an interview with British Vogue, she described her invented word as a “sensation being so euphoric” that one could “transcend human form.” For Twigs, shaving her head was the first step in achieving this.
Most of the time, her hairstylist (and self-proclaimed hair freak) Louis Souvestre is behind her most outrageous, archival referenced looks. From her basket weaved 2024 Met Gala updo to triple threat ponytails at a viral Sphere Vegas show, Twigs’s hair represents the extraterrestrial-like rapture she vocalizes in the album.
And now, the artist is taking the role of a barber. Using a pair of electric clippers, Twigs shaved the sides of her head in an Instagram video, touching up a part-Britney Spears, part-Jean Michel Basquiat look she’s coined the “skullet.” At times, we’ve seen the full front of her head shaved, while the back is left waist length, styled in avant garde twists, braids, or locs.
This time, however, a short, wide mohawk is added to the mix. “Eusexua fresh” she captions the video, which was posted just hours before she announced the 2025 tour dates for the album. With her unconventional approach to beauty, the impulse to shave her head is not a shock. Even still, we can’t even begin to guess what she’ll do next.