Welcome to Heat Check, a biweekly music column where AJC culture reporter DeAsia Paige explores the temperature of Georgia’s buzzing, expansive music scene. The column includes music news, trends and ...
When the publication launched in 1998, after the murders of rap legends Tupac Shakur (who died Sept. 13, 1996) and The Notorious B.I.G. (March 9, 1997). Biggie was signed to Diddy’s Bad Boy Records ...