Today (March 9) marks 20 years since 's untimely death, but the celebrated MC continues to live on through his music. You can hear his influence on nearly every other rapper in the game. And Biggie not only left a mark on fans and fellow hip-hip artists, but also on the Billboard charts. In addition to the chart love earned by his two studio albums ( Ready to Die and Life After Death), he also helped launch the careers of other artists including 112, Total, Lil Kim and Junior M.A.F.I.A. As we remember his sad passing, Billboard celebrates his life's work by counting down Biggie's top 15 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. 'Stop The GunFight' Trapp featuring 2pac, Notorious B.I.G.

Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 77 (1997) When lacing an album with messages that bring awareness to a community's violence, Trapp decided to borrow 2pac and Biggie's verses from their collaborative song recorded four years prior. Although it's weird that a violence-awareness song features both rappers rhyming about drugs and bullets, the track charted on the Hot 100. 'Stop the Gunfight' is one of two songs on the similarly titled album that features both rappers.

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'Runnin' (From Tha Police)' 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Dramacydal, & Stretch Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 81 (1997) Before the highly-publicized west coast v. East coast rivalry, both rappers recorded this rare studio collaboration (see above). Unfortunately, due to the negative criticism surrounding gangsta rap that followed through their feud, the collaboration was shelved until a year later. You can find this track on the compilation album, One Million Strong. 'Nasty Girl' The Notorious B.I.G. Featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, & Avery Storm Hot 100 Peak Position: No.

44 (2006) Biggie's most recent Hot 100 hit comes from his posthumous remix/studio album, Duets: The Final Chapter. Producer Jazze Pha put a spin on Biggie's bars from the 'Life After Death' track 'Nasty Boy,' and recruited an all star cast including Jagged Edge, Diddy, Avery Storm and Nelly. 'Going Back to Cali' The Notorious B.I.G. Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 26 (1998) B.I.G. Didn't let his infamous rap feud with Pac and Suge Knight stop him from showing love to the west coast.

Diddy shouts out the fine things in the west: 'weather, women and the weed.' 'Juicy/Unbelievable' The Notorious B.I.G. Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 27 (1994) The world got its first taste of Biggie on the Mtume 'Juicy Fruit' sample, 'Juicy. Picroma Plasma 1 0 Download Speed. ' On the first single from his debut album Ready to Die, featuring Total, Biggie walks us through his life from his days dealing drugs to finally becoming the rapper he dreamt of becoming. 'Now I'm in the limelight/ Cause I rhyme tight,' Biggie raps.

'Get Money' Junior M.A.F.I.A. Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 17 (1996) Biggie was a key factor in introducing his childhood friends, Junior M.A.F.I.A., to the hip-hop scene and rolling out the red carpet for one of hip-hop's notable female rappers, Lil Kim.

'Get Money,' kicked off by Biggie, remains the trio's second-biggest hit to date. 'Runnin' (Dying To Live)' Tupac Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 19 (2003) Leave it to Eminem to revive a collaboration with once-friends, 2Pac and Biggie. 'Runnin' (Dying to Live)' contains a high-pitched chorus of Edgar Winter's 'Dying to Live' and snippets from interviews with both rappers on which they speak on each other and the infamous West Coast vs. East Coast rivalry.

'Victory' Puff Daddy & The Family featuring The Notorious B.I.G. And Busta Rhymes Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 19 (1998) Diddy complemented Biggie's final verse ever recorded with a theatrical music video.

The nearly eight-minute-long video pays homage to the film The Running Man. Director Marcus Nispel blends images of Biggie's 'One More Chance' with Diddy running through the streets of 3002 A.D. Reports say the production cost ran up to $2.7 million -- a total that's acceptable only for a legend. 'Can't You See' Total featuring The Notorious B.I.G. Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 13 (1995) A year after making their debut on his first single, 'Juicy,' Biggie returned the favor and appeared on Total's debut single, 'Can't You See.'

The trio kept it in the Bad Boy family by recruiting Diddy to lay down the soundscapes. Total saw chart success with its first single, same as Biggie. 'Only You' 112 Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 13 (1996) Call it the Biggie touch. A year after Total's 'Can't You See,' featuring the rapper, hit No.

13 on the Hot 100, 112's 'Only You' reached the same rank with the help of Biggie, as well. S name resonated beyond the hip-hop world with yet another R&B feature. 'Big Poppa/Warning' The Notorious B.I.G. Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 6 (1995) Not a year into his career, Biggie earned a Grammy nomination and Billboard Music Award for his second single, 'Big Poppa.' One of Biggie's classics samples 'Between the Sheets' by the Isley Brothers.