**FILE**Notorious B.I.G., who won rap artist and rap single of the year, clutches his awards at the podium during the Billboard Music Awards in New York, in this Dec. 6, 1995 file photo. On Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. against the city of Los Angeles may be amended to include several other defendants, including record executive Marion "Suge" Knight, a federal judge has ruled. The rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was shot and killed March 9, 1997, after a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)