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Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), known by the stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, [1] and Biggie, [2] was an American rapper. . Rooted in the New York rap scene and gangsta rap traditions, he is widely considered one of the greatest rappers of all t
In the 2000 book The Murder of Biggie Smalls, investigative journalist and author Cathy Scott suggested that Wallace and Shakur's murders might have been the result of the East Coast–West Coast feud and motivated by financial gain for the record companies, because the rappers were worth more dead than alive. [26]
Calvin Lockhart (born Bert McClossy Cooper; October 18, 1934 – March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian–American stage and film actor. [3] Lockhart was perhaps best known for his roles as Reverend Deke O'Malley in the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem and Biggie Smalls in the 1975 Warner Bros. film Let's Do It Again.
Hip-hop experts join the show to celebrate the life of one of the greatest rappers ever. It is impossible to […] The post Remembering the life and legacy of Biggie Smalls appeared first on TheGrio.
When he first played the loop for Biggie, (he said that) Biggie smiled and hugged him." [ 7 ] Randy continued, "Over the years I was approached by Ice Cube , Eazy-E , Vanilla Ice , and maybe another 4–5 artists to use the song and I never said 'yes' until I heard a rough version of Biggie's recording produced by Sean 'Puffy' Combs, D-Dot ...
Biggie consistently disputed that "Who Shot Ya" targeted Tupac. [26] [2] [39] Still, some call it a diss track, [118] [119] if "subliminal." [120] Biggie recorded his lyrics "months" before Tupac was shot in November 1994, [121] but Puffy removed the song from Biggie's album, released in September 1994. [9]
Remembering the Notorious B.I.G. ahead of the anniversary of his death
“Who shot Biggie Smalls? We don’t get ‘em / They gonna kill us all,” 50 Cent raps. “Man, Puffy know who hit that n–a.” 50 Cent has never had proof of Diddy’s involvement in the murder.