This picture is a picture of Notorious B.I.G wearing a crown, and he has a peculiar face showing that he is sad or tired of something. When I saw this in the book, it was explaining how Notorious was becoming a "king" in East Coast rap, but with a lot of suffering and grief with it. I understood that while being king of what he is king of, and while wearing the crown showing in the picture, he will have to suffer the other things in life also. Being king of the East Coast rap was not a blessing, it was a curse, and this is important because when B.I.G actually becomes king of the East Coast Rap game, that is when his life climaxed and starts to fall down, leading to his death. This picture represents all of this through a crown and a facial expression, which has become famous. There have been misinterpretations of this picture, but the true meaning of this is what was written in the text: once B.I.G became king, suffering came with it.
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