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Notorious B.I.G.

Rock a Biggie sweater for less at P. Diddy’s first-ever Brooklyn party next week

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No wonder he's counting money—that sweater cost $390.

Depending on your perspective, you’re either chafing at the news that P. Diddy is throwing his first-ever Brooklyn party next Tuesday night—or you’re planning on crashing. MTV.com reports that a Diddy-hosted tribute party for the Notorious B.I.G. will take place at The Lab, a Bed-Stuy club best known for gay parties on Friday nights. Apparently, as Diddy tells MTV News, it’s “a big deal” for a Harlemite to cross the bridge to these parts:

“I’m going to Brooklyn. It’s gonna be the first time I’m throwing a party in Brooklyn. I’m from Harlem. Everybody in Harlem knows you don’t usually go over the bridge to Brooklyn. It’s a big, big deal.”

Yeah, yeah. We’ve heard that before—from all our Manhattan friends who live here now.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Rock a Biggie sweater for less at P. Diddy’s first-ever Brooklyn party next week

Picture 19

No wonder he's counting money—that sweater cost $390.

Depending on your perspective, you’re either chafing at the news that P. Diddy is throwing his first-ever Brooklyn party next Tuesday night—or you’re planning on crashing. MTV.com reports that a Diddy-hosted tribute party for the Notorious B.I.G. will take place at The Lab, a Bed-Stuy club best known for gay parties on Friday nights. Apparently, as Diddy tells MTV News, it’s “a big deal” for a Harlemite to cross the bridge to these parts:

“I’m going to Brooklyn. It’s gonna be the first time I’m throwing a party in Brooklyn. I’m from Harlem. Everybody in Harlem knows you don’t usually go over the bridge to Brooklyn. It’s a big, big deal.”

Yeah, yeah. We’ve heard that before—from all our Manhattan friends who live here now.  Read the rest of this entry »