Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his 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 time.
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]
And I talked to Prince eight hours before he died. “I talked to Prince and, he called and he was pitching. He was saying me, him and Jay-Z should start an entertainment company,” he continued.
In 1997, [2] [7] Rivera launched his successor label, Untertainment Records. [8] The label's roster included Harlem rapper Cam'ron , Philadelphia rappers Dutch and Spade of Major Figgas , and Charli Baltimore ; Cam'ron and Charli Baltimore were signed through Epic Records while Dutch and Spade were signed to Interscope Records .
After Biggie's murder on March 9, 1997, Combs helped Evans produce her tribute song named "I'll Be Missing You", based on the melody of The Police's 1983 single "Every Breath You Take". The song, which featured Combs, Evans, and the all-male group 112 , became a worldwide number-one success and debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 ...
A quarter century has passed since the shooting death of rap legend Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G., and on Wednesday, a new mural was unveiled in Brooklyn to honor the icon.
Daniel Radcliffe is the richest of the Potter actors with a reported net worth of $110 million. Emma Watson trails him with an estimated net worth of $85 million . Related: Money Magic!
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.