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For years now Brooklyn went from the most thorough of boroughâs to home of the hipsters. But over the weekend nothing has demonstrated just how much Kings County has changed than the defacement of a mural of The Notorious B.I.G. (for shame!).
CBS News reported that over the weekend a beautifully made mural of the OG King of New York on the corner of St. James Place and Fulton Street in Clinton Hill (not the one pictured) was vandalized. Itâs so disrespectful to the culture that even the NYPD are on the case and are trying to track down the perps who played themselves bigly. The mural was done by artist Vincent Ballentine and unveiled back in March to mark the 25th anniversary of Biggieâs passing.
Speaking to CBS, Ballentine says he plans on restoring the painting back to itâs original form.
In the video captured by a nearby surveillance camera it seems like man who defaced the mural recorded himself on the phone or was at least FaceTiming someone while committing the crime. If he was recording himself he has yet to upload it to social media and if he knows whatâs best for him he probably wonât as not only is NYPD on the lookout for him, but best believe many Brooklyniteâs would be on his a** as well.
Even Mayor Eric Adams weighed in on the matter telling NY1 that the man who did this would be held accountable as he disrespected one of New York Cityâs legends.
âBiggie is a hero to our community, and thatâs darn sure not how you spread love the Brooklyn way, as Biggie would say,â Adams said. âWeâre going to look into that and make sure that mural is cleaned up and repaired because this has a place there and it remains there, and we want to find the person responsible.â
That is if the Junior Mafia doesnât find him first and has him fitted for cement boots.
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