--- title: Diddy Asks Fans to Help Pay Homage to Biggie on Death Date description: Diddy took to his social media feeds to ask fans to help pay homage to the Notorious B.I.G. on the anniversary of his untimely death. canonical: https://time.com/4696904/diddy-on-biggie-death/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-09T19:04:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:46.125Z og:title: Diddy Pays Tribute to Biggie 20 Years After His Death og:description: "We miss you, B.I.G." og:url: https://time.com/4696904/diddy-on-biggie-death/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Diddy Pays Tribute to Biggie 20 Years After His Death twitter:description: "We miss you, B.I.G." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Diddy Shares Emotional Tribute to Biggie Smalls on the 20th Anniversary of His Death > Sponsored content. 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Combs took to his Twitter to ask his followers to share their favorite verses from the Notorious B.I.G. and to post it online with the hashtag #WeMiss YouBIG. Combs revealed that he would take the fan clips to make something special to honor Biggie’s legacy. “I’m gonna chop it up, edit it and everything, and we’re gonna put out something special with all the fans and friends and family involved, celebrating Notorious B.I.G’s life,” he said. In an emotional video post shared later on Twitter, Combs reflected on what Biggie’s influence has meant to the world and the hip-hop community. “We’ve lived 20 years without somebody that has been a big part of of our lives and has basically been responsible for the legend of our careers,” Diddy said. “He’s fed a lot of families, made a lot of people dance, made a lot of people feel good.” Wallace, who was one of the rappers who catapulted Combs’ Bad Boy Records to success, was fatally wounded on March 9, 1997 at the age of 24 during a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. See both of Combs’ touching posts below. > [](https://twitter.com/diddy/status/839736914412449792) > [](https://twitter.com/diddy/status/839839344294785026) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4696904/diddy-on-biggie-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4696904/diddy-on-biggie-death/"},"headline":"Diddy Shares Emotional Tribute to Biggie Smalls on the 20th Anniversary of His Death","datePublished":"2017-03-09T19:04:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:46.125Z","description":"20 years after the legendary rapper's death","url":"https://time.com/4696904/diddy-on-biggie-death/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4696904/diddy-on-biggie-death/","name":"Diddy Shares Emotional Tribute to Biggie Smalls on the 20th Anniversary of His Death"}}]}] ```