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Real Name- Christopher Wallace
Nick Names- Biggy Smalls, B.I.G, The Notorious B.I.G
Born-???
Died- March 9, 1997 LA California
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Christopher Wallace first rapped under the name Biggy Smalls in this neighborhood group The Old Gold Brothers. He gained his attention for his work on Mary J. Blige's " Whats The 411?" His Debut album Ready To Die in 1994 became on of the most popular hip-jop releases of the year. Ready To die kept gaining popularity throughout 1995 eventually selling two-million copies. With its success The Notorious BIG bacme the most visible figure in the East Coast Hip-Hop, and beacmae a target in the heated feud between two coasts; especially, he and Tupa Shakur, a former ally, became vicious Heated Rivals. AS he was preparing his second album Tupac was shot and killed in Las aVegas. The media speculated that his camp did it. Sean "puffy/diddy" combs denyed all elongations.
Early ont the morning of March 9, The Notorious BIG was returning to his hotle in Los Angles after a Soul Train Award party when another car pulled up aside his car and opend fire, killing him instantly. Shakur had been killed just six months earlier.
The Notorious BIG's second album , the double-disc Life After Death, was released three weeks later, debuting at number one on the charts. His legend continued to grown in the years to follow thanks to subsequent postumous releases including 1999's Born Again.
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