21 Year Old Lost Photo Negatives Of Biggie Smalls Have Been Found
Photo negatives of pictures taken of Biggie Smalls. | Photo by David McIntyre

18 years after Christopher Wallace died, a number of long lost photo negatives taken of the Brooklyn rapper before his short-lived career began, have been found.

The rapper widely known as Biggie Smalls was photographed by David McIntyre, an accomplished fashion photographer, on the streets of Brooklyn for Interview Magazine before he even released his first album, Ready to Die. After delivering the special prints to the magazine’s art department, the negatives were lost. This was also a time before digital when things couldn’t be backed-up, without the negatives none of these historic photographs were ever printed or seen again; until now. Twenty-one years later, the negatives have been found in a jacket headed for goodwill.

“I was ecstatic. It was like unearthing a time capsule filled with rare and valuable artifacts,” D. McIntyre said in a recent press release.

21 Year Old Lost Photo Negatives Of Biggie Smalls Have Been Found
Interview magazine – the only image from the shoot that has ever been seen.

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The photos are raw — Biggie before the fame, before the Versace sunglasses and designer clothes. Some portraits are close-ups, while others are full-length. In one shot, the Twin Towers can be seen looming in the background, beyond the Manhattan Bridge. A landmark and a legend  — both lost forever.

Realizing how scarce photographs of The Notorious B.I.G. are, McIntyre wants to share them with Biggie’s fans in a manner that befits his outsized personality and legend. McIntyre has started a Kickstarter campaign to host a proper exhibition and finance a red carpet opening party in Brooklyn.

“I could easily post these pictures online, getting tens of thousands of likes on Facebook or Instagram but that would be an injustice to Biggie’s considerable legacy.” D. McIntyre explained why he began a Kickstarter campaign. “These pictures need to be viewed big. Very big – bigger than life! So you can see every detail, and feel Biggie’s presence.”

If sufficient funds are raised, the show will go on the road to other major cities across the country: Los Angeles, Huston, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Miami.