[Ads-l] notorious = 'well regarded or recognized'

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Jim Parish <jparish at siue.edu> wrote:

> derived


As a pun, presumably, since B.I.G. was claiming to be "notorious" for being
a bad motherfucker and not merely claiming to be well-known in the field of
rap.


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