Christopher Drake Research Paper

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The Notorious B.I.G The Notorious B.I.G also known as Christopher Wallace or Biggie/ Biggie Smalls was a hip hop artist who changed people's lives with his music and he made a change in the rap game from a lot of his popular songs. Sadly, his life ended short as he was killed in a drive-by shooting in his car, similar to the Tupac Shakur shooting that happened only 6-8 months before Biggie’s death. Christopher Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G) was a remarkable man who was hopeful during rough times, influenced others while making music, who, despite his talents, and made unworthy choices, who had made contrasts in lyrics and music. Christopher Wallace was a remarkable man who was hopeful during rough times.“He frequently made reference to violence …show more content…

Christopher Wallace Influenced a lot of people in his generation from his lyrics, to his ideas and even to his flow, even rappers have been influenced by his music. Drake is one of the most popular rappers and one of the most influential rappers to this day and he was influenced by someone 3 generations before he started using Christopher Wallace's flow in his songs. Christopher Wallace was a remarkable writer, who, despite his talents, made unworthy choices. “Although he was described as a shy, overweight youngster, Christopher Wallace soon took on the hardened mentality of the gang members around him and began dealing drugs under the street name Biggie Smalls” (Source A).“For most of his education, he attended Roman Catholic school, where he excelled, but he later persuaded his mother to send him to a public high school. He eventually dropped out of school, however, and made money selling crack cocaine”(Source B). Wallace didn't care much for anything other than his music and he worked hard for it too. He was very quiet to everyone but when it came to music he wanted to work hard and make sure people knew his name from year and years on

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