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Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999), known professionally as Big L, was an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. [1] Emerging from Harlem in New York City in 1992, Big L became known among underground hip-hop fans for his freestyling ability.
The Big Picture is the second studio album by American rapper Big L. The album was slated for a 1999 release, but due to Big L's murder, it was posthumously released on August 1, 2000, on Rawkus Records. It was incomplete at the time of Big L's death, and was posthumously completed by his manager and partner in Flamboyant Entertainment, Rich King.
Vanessa Coleman, the only female charged and convicted in the crimes, is held at the Tennessee Prison for Women, now known as the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, in Nashville. [126] Serving a 35-year sentence, Coleman was eligible for parole in 2017 and her sentence expires on April 18, 2036.
More than two decades after his murder, Harlem rapper Big L will be honored with a street named after him at his old stomping grounds of 140th and Lenox Avenue.
Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of half of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age. Hip hop artists have a higher rate of homicide than artists of any other genre of music, ranging from five to 32 times higher. [1] [2]
February 15, 1999 – Rapper Lamont Coleman, better known as Big L, is killed in a Harlem drive-by shooting. A friend, Gerard Woodley, was arrested and charged with the murder three months later but then released; no other suspects have ever been identified.
Las Vegas Metro Police have filed three new murder charges against Michael Coleman, 40, who was arrested in May 2023 for the alleged murder of Kidada Stewart, 48. Coleman is facing several charges ...
Coleman pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder at his appearance in the New York Supreme Court on January 13, 2011. He was convicted of the second-degree murder charge on April 17, 2012, and was sentenced to 15-years to life in prison on May 8, 2012. [ 16 ]