“Mo Money Mo Problems” by Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G. never got to see "Mo Money Mo Problems" come out: Bad Boy and Arista issued it in July 1997, after his death, as the second single from Life After Death. He shares the track with Mase and Puff Daddy, and the three wrote it with Stevie J, who produced it alongside Puff. The glossy strut comes from Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out", sampled in the beat and reworked for the hook Kelly Price sings, which is why Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers get writing credits.

It spent two weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, taking over from "I'll Be Missing You", Puff Daddy's own tribute to him. Following "Hypnotize", it gave him a second chart-topper from beyond the grave, something no other artist has managed in the Hot 100's history, and it drew a Grammy nomination in the rap duo-or-group category.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.