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Make Biggie's Clinton Hill Place Yours —For $725,000

Notorious B.I.G.'s childhood home, located at 226 St. James Pl., is up for sale.

 

Want to have something in common with one of the top lyricists and highest regarded rappers of all time? How about an address?

Before being known as Notorious B.I.G., Christopher Wallace lived at 226 St. James Place, apartment 3L, which has been listed for sale for $725,000, New York Magazine reported. 

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Once referred to by the late rapper as a "one-room shack" and considered to be located in Bed-Stuy, the property was renovated a few years ago to a "three-bedroom plus den/office condominium." The property still features "traditional styling while answering the needs of modern usage," the listing notes. 

It seems Biggie may have said it best: things done changed.

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