The Notorious B.I.G. Essays

-(“The Notorious B.I.G.”) Biggie was married to Faith Evans. -(“The Notorious B.I.G.”) Danny does not like Biggie Smalls. In opinion, Biggie was big influence on the rap/hip hop period. -(“The Notorious B.I.G.”) Big had a rough life, as he quotes,’’sardines for dinner” he is implying that he was so poor that his family had to eat sardines for dinner and then big got into the rap and hip hop game and then rocketed up and out of his poor life. According to my sources, Biggie

Hop music star Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls or The Notorious B.I.G., was part of an East Coast-West Coast rapper rivalry that included Tupac Shakur and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. A year after Shakur was murdered, Notorious B.I.G. was preparing to release his second album when he was gunned down at the age of 24 as he left a party in Los Angeles. The album soared to #1 on the charts posthumously. Notorious B.I.G. is ranked as one of the top rappers of all time. Christopher Wallace

Christopher Latore Wallace, later known as Biggie Smalls or the Notorious B.I.G., was born to Voletta Wallace and Selwyn Latore on May 21, 1972. His mother and father were immigrants from Jamaica. His dad lived in London for the most part as Biggie grew up in New York and was not a part of Biggie’s life as a child. “Selwyn was already married and ambiguous about his newborn son” (Peterson 418). Voletta was keen on education. She sent Biggie to a private school, but he later insisted on going to

1997. Christopher Wallace assassination was unjustified, people think Notorious killed Tupac Shakur, Notorious and Tupac Shakur we’re actually friends back before all of the east and west coast rivalry. You can say about Notorious tried to kill Tupac Shakur when they were both at top. Notorious and tupac were actually friends and you would always see them hanging out tougher. SHown in the documentary of Biggie and Tupac, when B.I.G last album sold over 100 million copies and Tupac had made over 80

Ready to Die. This was the title of the Notorious Big’s debut album. Christopher Wallace better known as Biggie Smalls was born on May 21, 1972, in the rough streets of Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 12, Wallace began selling drugs on Fulton Avenue in his neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, meanwhile, he also began to encounter his passion for rap music. His life as a drug dealer led to his arrest in 1989 for possession of an unregistered firearm, months later he decided to quit school and pursue

Biggie Smalls The notorious B.I.G has one of the most known legacies in rap history. In his eventful but short life he put out two albums and got many awards for his work. Biggie smalls had experienced a relatively rough childhood surrounded by drugs. But through all that he had found success. Biggies real name was Christopher Wallace. After biggie blew up he married a singer named Faith Evans. Next, BIggies mother was Voletta Wallace she was a teacher and his father left when he was young

and Notorious B.I.G. may have had one of the biggest rivalries in hip-hop, but their relationship actually started off as a friendship.”(Google) One of B.I.G. songs brought them together. Tupac was on set of Poetic Justice playing B.I.G. song on repeat. Tupac ended meeting up with B.I.G. after Tupac LA home. “ The “clicked” immediately and B.I.G. “always thought it was a gemini thing,” given that his birthday was on May 21, 1972, and Tupacs was on June 16, 1971”(Popsuger). Tupac and B.I.G. were

His name is Christopher Wallace, but most of you know him as one of his multiple stage names such as: Notorious B.I.G, Biggie Smalls, and Big Papa. At a young age he got into drug dealing which was easy considering his surroundings in Brooklin. With those circumstances it was kinda hard to not get involved with bad stuff. After getting arrested for selling crack

Biggie smalls, in full Christopher George letore Wallace, Also known as Notorious B.I.G. Born on 21 May 1972, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Killed on 9 March 1997, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a rapper and a hip hop singer, his album life after death sold about 700,000 copies. Who biggie and what are the disputes between east coast side and west coast side in the USA. Life changing, the American hip-hop star with Jamaican origin biggie smalls was experiencing a rough childhood at a young

Born as Christopher Wallace on May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York, Biggie Smalls, also known as Notorious B.I.G. Biggie had a rough childhood from the result of being surrounded by drug addicts and dealers. In his early teens he had finally joined the life that encompassed him. At the age of 17, Biggie was arrested for selling crack, and spent nine months in a North Carolina prison before making bail. Around his neighborhood, Biggie Smalls, as he called himself then, began building a reputation

The Unsolved Murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls Nearly two people die every second. Murders happen every day. There are suicides, unintentional deaths, and homicides. Unsolved homicides leave investigators and the world in discovery to the motive. Two murders occurring around the same time between hip hop artists leaves the world puzzled as to how and why this occurred. The unsolved murders of the two young hip hop legends, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, is truly a mystery of the universe

The Death of The Notorious B.I.G In the early hours of March 9th, 1997, a Chevrolet Suburban idled at a stoplight. In the front passenger seat sat Christopher Wallace. Wallace, who most knew as Biggie Smalls, the Notorious BIG, or Big Poppa, was returning to his hotel after a party at the Peterson Automotive Museum. The Suburban containing the New York rapper was part of a convoy of security personnel and other music industry legends; Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, being the most notable

“I f****d your b**** you fat motherf****r” “You claim to be a playa but I f****d your wife!” This lyric originates from arguably the greatest ‘diss’ track of all time. “Hit Em’ Up” by 2Pac was released in June of 1996 as a reaction to the dispute he had with iconic East Coast rapper B.I.G.G.I.E. (Biggie Smalls). Hip-Hop’s infamous West Coast vs. East Coast rivalry was centered around this duo through media attention, fan support, and its level of production. When people take a look back in history

most “notorious” one. The mystery of the Notorious B.I.G. can be summed up into 2 theories. One being that he was killed in retaliation for Tupac Shakur’s murder, the other being that the officers from LAPD killed Smalls and covered it up. Even though Smalls was loved by millions of people he still had a dark and dangerous life. “Christopher G. Wallace was born in 1973, in Brooklyn, New York and died of multiple gunshot wounds in Los Angeles on March 9th, 1997 at the age of 24.” (Notorious B.I.G. 1)

Tupac Amaru Shakur was an American rapper and actor in the late 80’s and early 90’s. He was a very popular artist, selling over 75 million records worldwide. He was beloved by his fans and respected by music enthusiasts all around the globe. However, Tupac was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. His death came as a shock to all of his fans. An even more shocking fact from the case is that his killer was never found. Shirley Collier provided a lot of helpful information about both

The overall goal of the film Notorious directed by George Tillman Jr was to display a young rappers dream to being a famous with popularity and money. The main character is Christopher Wallace, later known as Biggie Smalls or the Notorious B.I.G, and the film is based on a true story about Biggie’s achievements and failures through the duration of his rap career and life growing up in the ghetto. The film itself displays a different walk of life that are within the ghettos of Clinton Hill, New York

On the night of September 7, 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot 4 times in a drive-by in Las Vegas, Nevada that led to his death six days later on September 13, 1996. The murder remains unsolved. Tupac Shakur attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match with Suge Knight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. After leaving the match, one of Knight's associates spotted Orlando Anderson, a Crip's gang member from Compton, California, in the MGM Grand lobby. Shakur attacked Anderson. Shakur

“How many brothers fell victim to the street? Rest in peace young homie, there’s a heaven for a G. Be a lie if I told you I never thought of death.” -Tupac Shakur Where do all thugs go when they die? Disruptively, the music blared throughout the seemingly infinite halls. Yet, the beats were heard by no one who would want to shut it down. Bloodshot eyes searched the deserted area, on the lookout for any signs of other residents. Thug Mansion was bumping and dank, so Tupac Shakur must have been

"Spartan teams are bound to win. They 're fighting with a vim. RAH! RAH! RAH!" by Francis Irving Lankey and Arthur Sayles This song was created almost a century ago, and I still hear people singing this song at every Spartan athletic event. In most cases, music is used to show significance to a specific event in someone 's life, or usually used to represent some type of pride you have in your school, team, or country. Music has played important role in American history and has been connecting

Nas and The Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie) both were and still are to this day, huge music influences. Although Biggie is usually accredited with starting the era of East Coast hip hop with his album Ready to Die Nas came out with Illmatic four months before. To this day there is controversy over who started this trend and some speculators go as far as saying Biggie copied Nas on his style and cover artwork. Both albums share many things in common, the style of music, audience, but the one similarity