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Neil Fingleton, the tallest man living in the UK who stands at 7ft 7.56in (232.5cm) during the Guinness World Record Photocall at the London Book Fair, April 16, 2007, held at Earls Court Exhibition centre.

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Six veteran homicide detectives are leading a new police task force investigating the unsolved 1997 killing of Notorious B.I.G.

The new probe comes in the face of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the rapper’s mother, Voletta Wallace, and other relatives, who claim rogue police officers were involved in the killing, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

The lawsuit filed by the Wallace family ended in a mistrial last year when it was discovered that a police detective intentionally hid statements by a jailhouse informant linking the killing to two former officers.

A judge ordered the city to pay $1.1 million in legal fees and other expenses to the rapper’s family. A new trial was set for early next year.

There was no new evidence that prompted the formation of the task force. But evidence discovered by the task force could help the city in its argument against the family’s claims.

B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, was 24 when he was gunned down March 9, 1997, while leaving a party at a Los Angeles museum. The New York rapper, also known as Biggie Smalls, was one of the most influential hip-hop artists of the 1990s.

The investigative team is exploring the theory that Wallace was killed by a member of the Southside Crips gang as part of a hip-hop feud that that involved the slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas six months earlier.

The investigators also are pursuing allegations that Wallace was killed by a Blood gang member hired by Marion “Suge” Knight, the owner of Shakur’s record label. Knight has denied any involvement in the killing.

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The singer canceled three concerts this week because she is to undergo surgery for a leg infection, her publicist said Monday.  

The 23-year-old country singer is scheduled for surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles. She suffered a “tear in the tissue” of one of her legs, according to a statement from publicist Diana Baron.

“It’s a minor surgery, but because of the infection it was urgent that she takes care of it right away,” Baron said.

Rimes canceled Thursday’s scheduled performance in Hampton Beach, N.H., and Friday and Saturday concerts in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. She was expected to play the remaining dates of her “This Woman” tour after a three- to four-day recovery, Baron said.

Rimes is best known for the hit songs “How Do I Live” and “Can’t Fight the Moonlight.” She won two Grammy awards in 1996 for best new artist and best female country vocal performance for the song “Blue.”