On Tuesday, Christopher Wallace Estate, which manages the music, fashion, film, and unreleased archives of the Nautorious B.I.G., dropped off a 3000 non-fundable token (NFT ) collections that were dropped and sold out in 10 minutes. The digital collectibles were dropped via the NFT platform “Oneof” and new NFT owners will receive licensing rights to unreleased B.I.G. freestyle audio.
Christopher Wallace Estate releases “Sky’s the Limit” NFT collection dedicated to the life and memory of the infamous B.I.G.
NFT collectors had the opportunity to acquire the Notorious B.I.G. NFT when the NFT platformOneof dropped a collection of3D Digital Collectibles3,000 of them
were dedicated to this American rapper when he dropped
Christopher Wallace, better known by his stage names Biggie, Biggie Smalls, and Notorious B.I.G., after the 1994 release of his “Ready to Die” album on Bad Boy Records.
The 1994 full-length album solidified a quadruple platinum certification from the RIAA, and Biggie was called “the greatest rapper of all time” (The Source and Billboard).
Biggie’s NFT collection is called “Sky’s the Limit,” and since the 3,000 NFTs are a generative collection, they are depicted with Kangol hats, a variety of clothing, and sometimes a 3D character from Notorious B.I.G. wearing a crown that Features.
The NFT “grants each NFT owner the right to collectively license the audio of Biggie Smalls’ most famous freestyle, filmed on a Brooklyn street corner when he was just 17 years old,” Oneof marketplace’s announcement on Tuesday detailed. “Despite its legendary status, the freestyle has never before been officially released, nor has it been available for other musicians to sample and use in their own songs. Until now.”
According to a Oneof representative, the “Sky’s the Limit” NFT collection sold out in 10 minutes and when individuals access the web portal, the compilation is officially listed as “sold out.”
However, NFTs are now available on Oneof’s marketplace, where users can bid on specific NFTs from the collection.Voletta Wallace and Biggie’s estate manager, Wayne Barrow said the NFT collection will please the rapper, who died in Las Vegas in September 1996.
“Biggie’s music is a very important part of hip-hop culture and its global impact,” Barrow said in a statement sent to Bitcoin.com News.” Our business partner, Elliot Osagie of Willingie Inc, came together with OneOf to share the infamous freestyle that showed the world the icon that Biggie would soon become through NFT and share it with his fans in this way we are sure We came up with the concept.”
Notorious B.I.G.’s NFT follows a number of NFT collections from legendary musicians and celebrities who have passed away, including Bruce Lee, Muhammad Ali, and Jerry Garcia. Last December, NFT Makers Place unveiled the world’s first Shakur Estate-approved 2PAC NFT collection. Like Notorious B.I.G.’s latest digital collectibles, all of the aforementioned NFT collections have been endorsed by the bereaved families and estates.
Image credits: Shutterstock, Pixabay, Wiki Commons, The Biggie NFT collection artwork
