How does New York Magazine compile a list of violence surrounding New York MCs and not list the shooting death of the Notorious B.I.G? Fabolous gets shot in the leg outside P. Diddy’s restaurant, Justin’s, and Amos Barshad writes:

And he thus entered the illustrious pantheon of New York MCs to get caught up with violence and cops. Join us for a stroll down memory lane, won’t you?

An excited crowd firing off celebratory shots at a Nas show is listed, while the murder of Brooklyn’s Finest isn’t even mentioned? Even more ridiculous: Puff Daddy’s incident in 1999 is characterized as “the mother of all New York rap-meets-gun tales, and still the one to top.” It was pretty epic the way Puffy tried bribing his bodyguard before letting Shyne go to jail for ten years. NY Magazine’s list is really a ramble down short term memory lane. Can we really start forgetting anything that happened 10 years ago?

Notorious BIG photo from Diverse Images.