{"id":174900,"date":"2022-12-15T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=174900"},"modified":"2022-12-14T17:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T16:55:50","slug":"an-interactive-statue-oof-notorious-b-i-g-was-just-unveiled-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/an-interactive-statue-oof-notorious-b-i-g-was-just-unveiled-in-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interactive Statue oOf Notorious B.I.G. Was Just Unveiled in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1lOrvF3mfRw\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The proper way to start this article would be:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Spread love<\/em>; <em>it&#8217;s the Brooklyn way&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"block\">Late hip-hop legend<strong> Biggie Smalls<\/strong> returned to Brooklyn Friday in the form of a 9-foot statue. <strong>Christopher Wallace<\/strong>, better known as <strong>The Notorious B.I.G<\/strong>, was born in Bed-Stuy and transformed the world of hip-hop. The sculpture in DUMBO is made of bronze, stainless steel and resin. It includes speakers that play some of <strong>The Notorious B.I.G&#8217;s<\/strong> greatest hits. Carribean-born artist <strong>Sherwin<\/strong> <strong>Banfield<\/strong> said <strong>Biggie<\/strong> played a monumental role in his youth. The New York-based artist added that he wanted to pay tribute to one of the pioneers of hip-hop with the statue.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>&#8220;One of his most famous positive lyrics is &#8216;Stay far from timid, only make moves when your heart&#8217;s in it, and live the phrase &#8216;the sky&#8217;s the limit&#8217;&#8230; he&#8217;s offering you his microphone, which is his throne, which is what helped him become the king of New York,&#8221; said Banfield. &#8220;I wanted to show that yes, you can be tough, but you can also show love, or spread love as he would say.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div class=\"block\">The sculpture is located at Clumber Corner Park in DUMBO. The statue plays music on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO Art Fund funded the project.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>&#8220;Many people, this is their first stop in Brooklyn and their first experience, so really having this monument right here, welcoming everyone to the borough is incredible,&#8221; said Alexandria Sica, president of DUMBO Improvement Dist<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div class=\"block\">The statue will be up at the corner of Washington and Prospect streets until October 2023.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"174901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/an-interactive-statue-oof-notorious-b-i-g-was-just-unveiled-in-brooklyn\/big-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/big-1.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"big\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/big-1.jpg?fit=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/big-1.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-174901\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/big-1.jpg?resize=405%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/big-1.jpg?resize=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/big-1.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff The proper way to start this article would be: &#8220;Spread love; it&#8217;s the Brooklyn&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-JuY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}