THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
The background of “Biggie”: Real name : Christopher Wallace 01 W as born on May 21st, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York 02 Dropped out of high school at the age of 17, then became a drug dealer 03
How did a trip to North Carolina change his life? After a routine drug exchange he ended being the soon-to-be MC a nine-month stay behind bars. Once released, Biggie started his hip-hop career at his friend’s basement recording some lines on tapes
Sean Combs ( P. Diddy or Diddy ) heard Biggie's early tapes. Impressed, he went to sign him to his new label, Bad Boy Records
After the wave of popularity and quick success of his 1 st album, Biggie went back to his friends-criminals
The Notorious soon met a rapper from the west coast named Tupac Shakur, and the two became friends. Tupac supported Biggie and was often giving him advice. However, their friendship turned into the most violent era of hip-hop music in 90’s
The drama behind a story between two rappers during one day of 1994 They both were in the same record studio that day but have separated for a certain time
That tense situation sparked “the East Coast, West Coast rivalry” which caused accidental death of The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997 right after death of Tupac some month earlier in 1996
The retired FBI agent, Phil Carson, said that in 1997 Suge Knight paid a hitman to kill Sean "P. Diddy " Combs. Notorious B.I.G. was killed, instead of his producer Tupac's producer Suge Knight
Biggie’s alleged killer was Nation of Islam member Amir Muhammad, who was and still is originally known as Harry Billups. He's the one who pulled the trigger as FBI agent claims
A biopic of 2009 about the life and early death of a multiplatinum rap star revives the story behind one of Los Angeles' most famous unsolved murders: “Notorious is the saga of Christopher Wallace — the man who'd make his name as The Notorious B.I.G.”
One journalist said : "People loved him. He was funny.” Biggie about himself: “I'm ugly, but women still love me. I'm ugly as hell — but I got Gucci to the socks”
