Mar 9, 1997: Rapper Notorious B.I.G. is Killed in Los Angeles

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

Christopher Wallace, a.k.a Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G., is shot to death at a stoplight in Los Angeles. The murder was thought to be the culmination of an ongoing feud between rap music artists from the East and West…

Feb 19, 1878: Thomas Alva Edison Patents the Phonograph

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

The technology that made the modern music business possible came into existence in the New Jersey laboratory where Thomas Alva Edison created the first device to both record sound and play it back. He was awarded U.S. Patent No. 200,521…