There will be an official Bad Boy Family Reunion concert to honor the Notorious B.I.G.
The crew will reunite for a "one night only" show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 20 for what would have been the iconic rapper's 44th birthday. It will include performances from Puff Daddy as well as Biggie's widow Faith Evans, Lil' Kim, Mase, French Montana, Total, 112 and Marion Winans. There will also be special guest performances from Jay Z and Mary J Blige.
"This isn't just another concert - this is hip-hop history," Puff said. "The Bad Boy Family includes some of the biggest names in music and songs that helped define a whole generation of music. Also, we are celebrating one of the greatest of all time -Notorious B.I.G. This will be a night to remember. I can't wait to see you all there."
This exciting news comes shortly after Evans revealed that she is currently working on a posthumous duet album with her late husband, who was murdered in March 1997, and that she is in the process of developing his hologram for possible use during live performances and music videos.
"We actually are in development with a hologram, but I don't necessarily know to what extent I'm gonna perform with it," she explained. "But I want to debut it in the first video for the album, and maybe use it a little bit performing live... If this Bad Boy [reunion] tour ever really happens, that might be something we might consider and, if I was to go on that tour, of course, I'd use it but just not overuse it."
Hologram USA, which is the company Evans is working with, also revealed that a Biggie hologram is very possible, although it was "unable to announce plans at this time." As for the joint album, it will be called "The King and I" and, even though it is in the "finishing stages," it's unclear when it will be released.
"If he was alive, I know we would've done something like this," Evans said. "The way it's coming together, the way I'm using his vocals, it's just giving his stuff new life."
Tickets for the Bad Boy Family Reunion show will go on sale Saturday, April 2, at 11 a.m. EDT via Live Nation.
