‘Hyperrealistic’ Notorious B.I.G. Avatar to Headline VR Concert Featuring Diddy, The Lox, Latto - Billboard

The Notorious B.I.G. volition get virtually revived adjacent period arsenic an on-stage avatar successful Meta Horizons World for a VR performance called “Sky’s the Limit” that volition besides diagnostic his mentor/label boss, Sean “Diddy” Combs, arsenic good arsenic The Lox, Biggie’s Junior M.A.F.I.A. mate Lil Cease AND Latto, Nardo Wick, DJ Clark Kent and Eli Fross.

According to an announcement, the “jam-packed, hour-long” VR performance volition instrumentality spot connected Dec. 16 astatine 9 p.m. ET successful the Venues country of Meta Horizons Worlds. Variety reported that the amusement volition find Biggie digitally re-animated arsenic a “true-to-life, hyperrealistic” avatar that volition travel to beingness during a amusement that volition aerial exclusively connected Meta’s VR and Facebook platforms. The gig was arranged successful collaboration with the B.I.G. estate, with the VR Biggie slated to execute songs from his catalog successful a virtual recreation of 1990s Brooklyn dubbed “The Brook.”

“Having the quality to make a variance of caller accidental to showcase my lad Christopher’s euphony done the advancement of exertion is hard for maine to grasp astatine times,” said the precocious MC’s mother, Voletta Wallace, successful a statement. “However, I’ve recovered truthful overmuch excitement successful the process of processing his avatar, knowing the worth added for fans to acquisition him successful ways unattainable until now. Thank you to each who person contributed to bringing this task to fruition.”

B.I.G. (born Christopher Wallace), was killed successful a still-unsolved drive-by shooting successful 1997 erstwhile helium was conscionable 24 years-old. The amusement is simply a solemnisation of what would person been the rapper’s 50th day and it volition beryllium accessible via the Meta Quest 2 oregon Meta Quest Pro VR headsets; if you don’t person a Meta headset, you tin ticker a 2D mentation connected the authoritative Notorious B.I.G. Facebook page.

Variety reported that the amusement volition let the assemblage to travel a time successful Biggie’s beingness done a communicative travel written and voiced by euphony writer Touré.

Watch the trailer for the amusement here.