Notorious B.I.G.’s Plastic Crown Sells For Almost $600K

Put up for sale by photographer Barron Clairborne, who took the iconic image, styled the rapper as the “King of New York” in a photoshoot for Rap Pages magazine.  

“The image transformed Biggie Smalls into an aristocratic or saint like figure, forever immortalized as not only the King of New York, but a king of hip hop music and one of the greatest artists of all time,”  said Barron Clairborne.