author Jake Brown reveals Biggie's sensitive side as well as his hard-core media stance it explores his motivations, his loyalties and his roots. In Ready to Die: The Story of Biggie Smalls - The Notorious B.I.G. He seemed to welcome the challenge, as if he was already resigned to his fate, hence, ready for death, or whatever the world could throw at him. What took hip-hop by storm with the debuts of the Notorious B.I.G. quickly became a household name among hip hop fans and all responsibility would rest on him as he made his way up hip hop aisles to center stage.

When his time was up, he had done what he set out to do, and it was historic ! Biggie Smalls' life was lived in the fast lane. Biggie controlled his time, by the very nature of what he achieved in it.

He didn't live in or up to the moment, he actually created it. While many considered Biggie ahead of his time, author Jake Brown clearly cites why it was his time.