UBarron Claiborne, I-BIG eyaziwayo njengeKONN (uKumkani waseNew York) .Sotheby's Nayiphi na inkcubeko echaziweyo e-United States iyazi kakuhle ukuba ubugcisa obubonakalayo bemihla ngemihla, umculo kunye nefashoni ziya kuba akhonto ngaphandle kwe-genesis kunye nefuthe eliqhubekayo le-Hip Hop, eliqhushumbe langena kwihlabathi ngexesha le-1970s yokugqibela kwaye liyaqhubeka nokuvelisa indalo emangalisayo. Ngokufanelekileyo, nge-15 kaSeptemba, uSuthu luyasungula yayo Ifandesi yokuqala Inikezelwe kwimbali kunye nefuthe lolu hlobo, kwaye iya kuba nezinto ezingaphezulu kwe-120 ezihambelana nophuhliso kunye ne iconography yale fomu yobugcisa bomculo. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, eyona nto inomdla enikezelwa kwifandesi sisithsaba esanxitywa ngumrepha odumileyo u-Notorious BIG. (igama lokwenyani uChristopher Wallace) ngexesha lika-1997 ‘K.O.N.Y. (UKumkani waseNew York) ’iseshoni yemizobo. 
Isithsaba esinxitywe nguBiggie ngexesha lefoto.Sotheby's
Imifanekiso eveliswe nguBiggie enxibe isithsaba yaba yinto ebonakalayo kwaye ihleli kunjalo unanamhla, ngakumbi ngenxa yokuba umlobi wabulawa kabuhlungu kungekudala emva koko. Kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo, isithsaba, ekucingelwa ukuba sithengise phakathi kweedola ezingama-200 ukuya kuma-300,000 zeedola, sijongwe nguBarron Claiborne, umfoti othatha iifoto. Isithsaba sibhalwe nomyalezo Crown ovela kuBiggie KONY Shot NYC 3-6-97 kwaye utyikityiwe bobabini nguBiggie noClaiborne.
Emva kweminyaka engama-23 ndinayo, ndonwabile kakhulu ukuba ndiza kwabelana noluntu ngesi siqwengana somlando weHip Hop noluntu, utshilo uClaiborne kwingxelo. Ngeziganeko ezibi ezenzeka kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa emva kokufota, lo mfanekiso weBig Notorious BIG. waba ngaphezulu kakhulu komzobo-umfanekiso uguqule iBiggie Smalls ukuba ibe sisidwangube okanye ingcwele efana nomfanekiso, unomphefumlo ongafiyo njengoKumkani waseNew York kuphela, kodwa ikwangumculo weHip Hop nomnye wamagcisa aphambili kuwo onke amaxesha.
Ifandesi iya kubandakanya iileta ezibhalwe ngumntu othandana naye, uTupac Shakur oneminyaka eli-16 ubudala ukuya kwintombi yakhe ngelo xesha. Ukongeza kwimicimbi yokuthanda ulutsha, iileta zikaShakur zikwachaza ukungazithembi kwakhe: Umphathi wam wakudala weza wathi akafuni ndithathe umhlala-phantsi kwi-rap kodwa ndicinga ukuba ndinguye ngenxa yokuba andinakukwazi ukuphatha kakhulu kwaye andinalo ixesha, enye yemiyalezo yakhe ifundeka.
Iingxelo zikaSotheby zokuba inxenye yemali ethengisiweyo izakuxhamla iiNkqubo zeHip Hop zoLuntu zaseQueens kunye nombutho ongenzi nzuzo weBeat Beats, efundisa ngezobuchwephesha, ezamashishini nezakhono zobunkokheli kulutsha olungalondolozwanga ngeenkqubo ze-DJ kunye nezomculo.
Entsha kwiBhloko luthotho olujonga ezona zinto zibalulekileyo okanye ezingaqhelekanga ukuya kwifandesi veki nganye.
