Notorious B.I.G., 1972-1997
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Name (Latin)
Notorious B.I.G., 1972-1997
Other forms of name
Biggie Smalls (Musician)
B.I.G., Notorious, 1972-1997
B.I.G., 1972-1997
B.I.G. (Musician)
Notorious B.I.G. (Musician)
Smalls, Biggie, 1972-1997
Smallz, Biggy, 1972-1997
Wallace, Chris, 1972-1997
Wallace, Christopher G., 1972-1997
Wallace, Chris (Musician)
Date of birth
1972-05-21
Date of death
1997-03-09
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Rap (Music)
Gangsta rap (Music)
Occupation
Rap musicians
Lyricists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed March 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Notorious B. I. G.; Christopher George Latore Wallace; hip hop/rap artist; born 21 May 1972 in Brooklyn, New York; studied at Catholic schools in Brooklyn; focused on music, gangsta rap; the Unsigned Hype column at the urban magazine Source became his first public notice (March, 1992); his first single was Party and Bullshit; started own label Bad Boy Entertainment, Biggie Smalls (performance name); first album was Ready to Die (1994), became Notorious B.I.G.; celebrity came with Big Poppa (1994), One More Chance (1995) singles; was shot 9 March 1997 in Los Angeles, California; his album Life after Death was posthumously released one week later, entered Billboard 200 at number 1)
- All music guide, May 15, 2000(The Notorious B.I.G., b. May 21, 1972)
- All music guide, online ed., c1996(real name Chris Wallace; Brooklyn-born rapper)
- New York times, Mar. 10, 1997:p. A10 (Notorious B.I.G., gangsta rapper, 24, d. Mar. 9, 1997, Los Angeles; real name, Christopher G. Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls)
- Notorious B.I.G. Nobody rides for free, 1990?:label (Biggy Smallz)
- Scott, C. The murder of Biggie Smalls, 2000:CIP galley (Biggie Smalls a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G.; B.I.G.)
- Total, p1996:label (The Notorious B.I.G.)