MTA CELEBRATE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.’S 50TH BIRTHDAY WITH LIMITED EDITION METROCARDS

The MTA issued 50,000 of the commemorative cards on Saturday, May 21, at 4 select Brooklyn stations

Fans and Brooklynites can celebrate what would have been Notorious B.I.G.’s 50th birthday in a special way: with commemorative MetroCards.

On Saturday, May 21, the MTA will offer 50,000 of the limited edition cards honoring the iconic Brooklyn rapper Christopher Wallace, known to the masses as Notorious B.I.G.

The limited edition MetroCards will feature a portrait of Wallace, also known colloquially as Biggie Smalls, on the reverse side. They will be available starting at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday on a first come, first serve basis.

The cards will only be available at MTA vending machines at the following stations in Central Brooklyn:

Lafayette Avenue “C” Station;

Clinton-Washington Avenues “C” and “G” stations;

Atlantic Ave - Barclays Center Station

Wallace grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant before releasing two Grammy-nominated studio records. His success was cut short by his shocking and tragic death at the age of 24.

Not only was Notorious B.I.G. a popular rap artist in the 1990s, he is still considered one of the greatest rappers of all time.