(SOUNDBITE OF THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.'S "HYPNOTIZE")
DAVID GREENE, HOST:
Good morning. I'm David Greene. The news team at WSB-TV in Atlanta used their traffic report to pay tribute to a certain East Coast rapper.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HYPNOTIZE")
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.: (Rapping) I can fill you with real millionaire...
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Your car cannot go 160 swiftly on the...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HYPNOTIZE")
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.: (Rapping) My car go 160 swiftly...
GREENE: The Notorious B.I.G. died 20 years ago last week.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JUICY")
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.: (Rapper) And if you don't know, now you know.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: And if you don't know, now you know about...
GREENE: I can try this, right? Here in the morning, crack of dawn...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WARNING")
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.: (Rapping) In the morning, crack of dawn and now I'm yawning.
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