Part 2 after the jump.

RESPECT. contributor Barron Claiborne, who took one of the most enduring—and, arguably, most iconic—pics of the King of New York, just a few days before he died, made this gun mosiac of the Notorious B.I.G. shortly after learning about the rapper’s death. You can read more about Barron’s experience with B.I.G. here.

Sometimes you need images that meet the eye and go beyond it into realms of ritual and dream and subconscious meaning. Sometimes you need Barron Claiborne.