Posted by Brooklyn, NY – The Notorious B.I.G.‘s former residence is on the market — and it’s going for a whole lot of Benjamins. According to The New York Post, the Bad Boy rapper’s old Brooklyn apartment is up for sale for $1.7 million.
Biggie owned the apartment in 1994 — the same year he released his classic debut album Ready to Die — and lived there with his wife, Faith Evans, and her daughter, Chyna Tahjere Griffin. The home was featured in the 2017 A&E documentary Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.
Located in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, the two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment is just blocks away from Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace Way, the Clinton Hill street named after the late rap legend.
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Despite its association with Biggie, the property has changed drastically since the BK MC called it home.
Described as a “chic artistic haven,” the apartment has been extensively renovated by its current owner, notable costume designer Caroline Duncan, who has installed a custom library, a chef’s kitchen, walk-through closets, a wood-burning brick fireplace and expansive loft space.
“When I moved in, the basement was just a raw space with concrete floors,” Duncan said. “I framed and put up all the walls and created a bathroom with barn wood and modern finishes, a massive walk through closet to showcase my collection of clothing and accessories, a laundry room and bedrooms.
“Upstairs had been carved into a series of puzzling small rooms so I did the opposite, and knocked down all the walls to create a lofted open space. I loved the neighborhood, the proximity to Fort Greene Park, the fact that the building is on the Historic Register and had the bones of a true artist’s residence.”
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The Fort Greene property is not to be confused with the Brooklyn apartment Biggie grew up in (and rapped about on Ready to Die), which sold for just under $800,000 back in 2013. The “gentrified three-bedroom home” was being rented out for $4,000 a month as recently as 2019.