This picture is from B.I.G's album called Born Again. I have been listening to this album since I started listening to rap, and once I saw it in the book, I felt an immediate connection with it. After reading half the book, I understood what he meant by Born Again. His life until the day he started rapping was considered his first life, and when he began rapping he was born again. This picture explains a lot of his life and symbolizes that he has given his last life away, and now begun the new life of a rapper. This is an important time in B.I.G's life because it changes his life completely. The choices he makes after this eventually leads to his rise of one of the greatest rappers of all time, but also leads to his demise. Through his tough life, he was still able to rise (not in an ideal way, but he was able to change himself) and was able to establish himself in the history of the United States. The small kid from Brooklyn became a star after this album was released, and he grew to become a thug rapper. As I said before, once I saw this picture I knew how it was connected with the book and I already knew where it came from, so I chose to put it here.
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