NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Big L on 15 February 2019. Big L has been played over 100 times on NTS, first on 26 March 2012. Big L's music has been featured on 83 episodes.

Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999), known professionally as Big L, was an American rapper. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most lyrical rappers of all time, and is known for helping to pioneer horrorcore.

Emerging from Harlem, New York in the early to mid-1990s, Coleman became well known amongst underground hip-hop fans for his freestyling ability, and was eventually…