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The Notorious B.I.G., Soundtrack: Bad Boys. Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, was born on May 21, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Jamaican parents, Voletta Wallace, a pre-school teacher, and George Latore, a welder and small-time politician. He was raised in the poor Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. Dropping out of high school at the age of seventeen. Official Music Video for The Notorious B.I.G. Pam Long - 'Hypnotize' Director: Paul Hunter & Sean 'Puffy' CombsSubscribe to the channel http://bit.ly/T. The LAPD was reopening a cold case: the 1997 murder of Christopher Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G. They asked if he wanted to join the task force. Kading wasn't looking for a new assignment, but. Official Music Video for The Notorious B.I.G. 'Big Poppa' Director: Hype Williams & Sean 'Puffy' CombsSubscribe to the channel http://bit.ly/TheNotoriousBI.

Biography

Christopher Wallace was born on May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York. His parents had Jamaican descent. The father left the family when Chris was just eighteen months and this fact made him never think anything good about the old man. He studied together with Busta Rhymes and Jay-Z. Christopher's mother worked hard day and night to support her son and protect him from the mean streets, but this was not enough. As Chris made friends with the other guys outside he named himself B.I.G. and took up drug dealing. At that time, rapping was no more than just a hobby for the young man. As the friends kept telling him how good he was at freestyles, Chris gave it a try and made a demo. Spread widely throughout New York clubs, this record eventually caught the eye of Sean Combs (widely known as Puff Daddy), a celebrated producer. He gave Chris his stage name Notorious B.I.G. and decided to turn the young man's talent into a big rapping act. Trying to support his little daughter, B.I.G. kept selling drugs, which went contrary to Combs's rules. He made the young rapper quit it and commit himself solely to music.

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In 1994, Notorious B.I.G. released his debut album, Ready To Die. Two weeks later, the record ran double platinum, exploding a bomb in the American hip-hop society. The new rap star from New York became the person who could finally bring the fame back to the East Coast hip-hop from the leading West Coast. His songs, soaked in his vicious memories of the wrongful past, appeared a sincere revelation of the criminal life that found a huge response all over the USA. Along with his unrivaled skill to rhyme the words rapidly, B.I.G. was excellent at combining gangster tales with romantic ballads. Unwillingly, he became the main figure in the war between the two rap schools of the States. Tupac Shakur, a leading performer from the other coast, released an outrageous song defiling the image of his new competitor from New York. Notorious B.I.G. restrained himself from the direct reply. However, the slaying of Tupac shortly afterwards raised the flux of speculations on Wallace's involvement into this affair. Apart from this, the rapper had numerous troubles with the law. He was arrested several times for a number of offences, including battering, drugs and weapon possession and robbery.

During the preparation of his second album, Life After Death, Notorious B.I.G. suffered a car accident that chained him to a wheelchair for a while and then made him use a cane. In March 1997, two weeks before the release of Life After Death, Notorious B.I.G. was murdered in his car by a streak of gun shots from another vehicle. Although he was immediately delivered to a hospital, the doctors were unable to save his life ruined by the four bullets in his chest. This killing has remained unsolved until now and raised a lot of alleged connections with Tupac's murder. Wallace's tragic death made his second album even more anticipated. This resulted in the sensational distribution of eighteen million copies if this CD worldwide. Several months later, Puff Daddy released his debut long player with a lot of vocal parts performed by B.I.G. and the song I'll Be Missing You commemorating him. Wallace left a rich legacy to the supporters of his art and hip-hop in general. Even after his death, Puff Daddy kept releasing his albums where one could hear B.I.G. singing with other celebrated performers. Probably, the last one, saw light in 2005. The CD, titled Duets: The Final Chapter, mostly featured the fragments and remakes of his old songs. The name of Notorious B.I.G. is likely to draw broad attention again as the biographical movie Notorious is ready to appear on the screens in 2009.

Studio Albums

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Duets: The Final Chapter

Compilation albums

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Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Sotheby's has announced a new hip-hop auction featuring the late Notorious B.I.G.'s crown and high school love letters written by the late Tupac Shakur going up for sale.

The auction, which celebrates the history and cultural impact of hip-hop, is set to take place on Sept. 15 at Sotheby's New York. A dedicated exhibition for the auction will be on view by appointment from Sept. 11 to 15 and also available to view online.

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Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Sotheby's has announced a new hip-hop auction featuring the late Notorious B.I.G.'s crown and high school love letters written by the late Tupac Shakur going up for sale.

The auction, which celebrates the history and cultural impact of hip-hop, is set to take place on Sept. 15 at Sotheby's New York. A dedicated exhibition for the auction will be on view by appointment from Sept. 11 to 15 and also available to view online.

Over 120 lots will be auctioned off including unique artifacts, jewelry and luxury items, rare posters and flyers, important publications and more.

The crown has an estimated price of $200 to $300,000 while the letters have an estimated price of $60 to $80,000.

The Notorious B.I.G. wore the crown during his K.O.N.Y. (King of New York) photoshoot session with photographer Barron Claiborne. This was the rapper's last recorded photoshoot before he was killed three days later in Los Angeles in 1997.

'After 23 years in my possession, I'm very excited to share this iconic piece of hip hop history with the public. With the tragic events that unfolded just days after the photoshoot, this image of a crowned Notorious B.I.G. became much more than a portrait - this image transformed Biggie Smalls into an aristocratic or saint like figure, forever immortalized as not only the King of New York, but a king of hip hop music and one of the greatest artists of all time,' Claiborne said in a statement.

The collection of love letters were written by a 16-year-old Shakur for his high school sweetheart Kathy Loy. The collection includes a total of 42 pages on 24 sheets of paper and one greeting card.

The letters are signed by Shakur with terms of endearment, chronicle his relationship with Loy, make reference to his friend, Jada Pinkett Smith, and mention his home life living with his mother.

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A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Queens Public Library Foundation to support their hip-hop programs as well as Building Beats, a non-profits organization that teaches tech, entrepreneurial and leadership skills to underserved youth through DJ and music programs.

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