It began with a single tweet. Last Friday, at 11:33 A.M. the AARP tweeted "We Miss You, Biggie." Yes, the American Association of Retired Persons tweeted a succinct, moving elegy to a giant of the rap world. Biggie Smalls, aka the Notorious B.I.G., aka Big Poppa, aka Christopher Wallace. Wallace had a brief but phenomenal career writing songs about his rise from poverty to wealth (lyric: I made the change from a common thief / to Up Close and Personal with Robin Leach) and his violent past (lyric: I never thought it could happen, this rappin' stuff / I was too used to packin' gats and stuff). You know, stuff every AARP member can relate to. [Editors note: 'gats' means guns].

Last Friday was the 15th anniversary of Wallace's murder. He was just 24, but had already produced hits like Juicy (below), Big Poppa, and Hypnotize.

Perhaps because there's no apparent reason why the AARP would tweet out a remembrance of a hip-hop star, the tweet was a big hit on Twitter, spawning the hashtag #NotoriousAARP. The AARP blog pulled out some of the best tweets here.