Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace
May 21st, 1972 - March 9th, 1997
Today makes 13 years since one of the greatest MCs of all time, The Notoroius B.I.G., passed away. Biggie grew up in Brooklyn, New York where he would rap on the street. He was gunned down outside of a nightclub in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997 as he was leaving the Soul Train Awards afterparty. He was only 24.
Fifteen days after Biggie was killed, his double-disk set "Life After Death" was released and hit #1 on the US album charts, and later became diamond in the year 2000. He was then ranked as #3 on MTV's The Greatest MCs Of All Time.
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