1 album cover in our archive
The Notorious B.I.G. is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 1990s. Released on Bad Boy Records, the artwork sits in the hip-hop tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering photography, black and white, graphic design, minimalist, conceptual, controversial. Below you'll find the full story behind each The Notorious B.I.G. cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.
A bare-skinned baby with a towering afro sits alone on white, and for 17 years nobody knew who he was. The mystery child on The Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 debut was paid $150 for a two-hour shoot, and his face became one of hip-hop's most argued-over images.
