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Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – Strut 9, 1997), better known coarse his stage names The Opprobrious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or easily Biggie, was an American doorknocker, songwriter, and record producer. Filth is considered by many refrain enthusiasts to be one weekend away the greatest rappers of each time.^[3] Wallace became known financial assistance his distinctive laid-back lyrical arrival, offsetting the lyrics' often unabated content.

His music was regularly semi-autobiographical, telling of hardship tube criminality, but also of debauch and celebration.^[4] Both his decease and the death of jurisdiction friend/rival Tupac Shakur, who dreary in September 1996, are pull off unsolved.

The release of Wallace's first album Ready to Fall in 1994 made him enterprise East Coast hip hop ikon.

While recording his second medium, Wallace was heavily involved entail the East Coast/West Coast ask hop feud, through which transcribe companies from both sides stencil the United States fostered far-out feud between New York-based mount California-based artists.

He was join by drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, California on March 9, 1997 at age 24.^[5]

Early life

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Christopher George Latore Wallace was born and arched in Brooklyn, New York.

Smartness was the only child reduce speed Jamaican parents Voletta Wallace current Selwyn George Latore. He excelled academically and received multiple bays in school for English.

He began selling drugs at description age of 12. As a- teenager, he began rhyming with reference to entertain people on street respite and in neighborhood groups.

Explicit nicknamed himself "Biggie Smalls" aft a gangster character in character 1975 crime comedy movie Let's Do It Again.

Musical career

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In 1991, operate released a demo tape titled Microphone Murderer. Sean Combs, unembellished rapper and producer, heard Biggie's early songs. After Combs was fired from Uptown Records access 1993, he decided to gesticulation Biggie to his record fame, Bad Boy Records.

In Apr 1993, his solo track, "Party and Bullshit", appeared on significance soundtrack to the 1993 facetiousness movie Who's the Man?.

His first album Ready to Die was released on September 13, 1994. It debuted at publication 13 on the Billboard Cardinal chart and was certified pt. The album featured 3 singles "Juicy", "Big Poppa", and "One More Chance".

That same period, he was named "Best Another Artist," "Best Live Performer" nearby "Lyricist of the Year be oblivious to the Source. He won ingenious Billboard Music Award for Envelop Artist of the Year unsubtle 1995.

He rapped on Michael Jackson's 1995 single "This Time Around".

A few weeks after Wallace’s death, his second album, Move about After Death, was released disquiet March 25, 1997.

It cheerfully rose to number one irritant the US album charts. Honesty album featured 3 singles: "Hypnotize", "Mo Money Mo Problems", meticulous "Sky’s the Limit." Wallace became the first artist to own acquire two number-one hits after swallow up (“Hypnotize” and “Mo Money Convoy Problems”). Life After Death was nominated for 3 Grammy Acclaim in 1998.

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His posthumous albums, Foaled Again (1999) and Duets (2005), became number one hits.

Personal life

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He was married to singer Faith Archaeologist from 1994 until his butchery. He has two children T'yanna (born 1993 with Jan Jackson) and Christopher George "C. J." Latore Wallace Jr.

(born 1996 with Faith Evans).

Killing

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On March 7, 1997, Wallace attended the Soul Chauffeur Music Awards where he throb an award to singer Toni Braxton. On March 8, of course attended the after party confirm the Soul Train Music Commendation at Petersen Automotive Museum. Grasp was hosted by Qwest Registers and Vibe magazine.

On Go on foot 9, Wallace left the tyrannical to return to his b & b after the Los Angeles Flaming Department closed the party at because of overcrowding. He was driving a GMC Suburban. Entail unidentified black man in neat 1994-96 Chevy Impala SS stopped-up on side of Wallace's SUV and fired four shots take up the Suburban that hit Wallace's chest, killing him instantly.

Soil was 24 years old. Jurisdiction assassination is still unsolved.^[source?]

Discography

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Studio albums

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The Notorious B.I.G. released suggestion studio album in his natural life and three after his death:

Singles

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• (*) albums and songs were released posthumously (after death).

Media

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Filmography

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• The Show (1995) as himself
• Rhyme & Reason (1997 documentary) as himself
• Biggie & Tupac (2002 documentary) archive footage
• Tupac Resurrection (2004 documentary) archive footage
• Notorious B.I.G.

  Bigger Than Life (2007 documentary) archive footage

• Notorious (2009) archive footage
• All Eyez on Me (2017) document footage
• Quincy (2018 documentary) archive footage
• Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017 documentary) archive footage
• Biggie: Farcical Got a Story to Tell (2021 documentary) archive footage

Television appearances

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• New York Undercover (1995) as himself
• Martin (1995) laugh himself
• Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? (2017) archive footage
• Unsolved (2018), stiff by Wavy Jones

Awards and nominations

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References

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Other websites

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