Notorious B.I.G. Will Posthumously Receive ASCAP Founders Award
The late Christopher "Notorious B.I.G."
Wallace will posthumously receive an honor from the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in the year that marks the 20th
anniversary of the rap icon’s death.
ASCAP will bestow Wallace with its Founders Award during its 30th annual
Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on June 22. His mother, Voletta Wallace, wife
Faith Evans, children, former managers and estate consultants will accept the
award on Wallace’s behalf.
Wallace, a hip hop legend, was fatally shot in 1997.
"Biggie was a legend in his own time and his legacy lives on through his
music," ASCAP president Paul Williams said in a statement. "Like all
songwriters, he was a master storyteller, but it was the realism in his rhymes
that captured so many."
The ASCAP Founders Award honors songwriters and composers who contribute
pioneering works to music.
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