Writer Learns About Food Through Notorious B.I.G.'s Lyrics
By: Rosemina Nazarali
Published: March 11, 2012

To celebrate the life of Christopher "Notorious B.I.G" Wallace on the 15th anniversary of his death this week, writer Francis Lam talked about how Biggie's lyrics helped teach him about food.
"He was bragging about being harder than you, tougher than you, even when he was a child in school. But he was still a child. He loved his chocolate milk. He remembers the flavor of his favorite cookies," Lam explains. "The Notorious B.I.G., this spinner of murder rhymes and playboy fantasies, made himself vulnerable. “Sky’s the Limit” is a song about how far he’d come from the street life, but it’s also a song about the innocence he lost even when he was trying hard to never be innocent at all."
Lam also outlines particular food lyrics from some of Notorious B.I.G.'s biggest hits, such as "Juicy," "Hypnotize" and "Things Done Changed." To see Lam's full post about how the late rapper influenced him as a food writer, click here.