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Christopher George Latore Wallace III was born on 21st May 1972, in New York City, USA and was a rapper, considered one of the greatest of all time and so one of the most influential. The letters “B.I.G.” stand for the saying “Business Instead of Game”. He had been active in the entertainment industry from 1992 to 1997, when he was murdered.

How much was the net worth of the Notorious B.I.G.? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth was as much as $20 million, converted to the present day. Music was the major source of the Notorious B.I.G.’s fortune.

To begin with, the boy was raised in Brooklyn, raised by his single mother after his father left the family when he was two years old. At the age of 12 he was already drug-dealing around Bedford-Stuyvesant, but abandoned his criminal life, he eventually realized his dream of becoming a rapper.

Concerning his professional career, B.I.G. recorded a demo produced by Sean Combs, and then released the critically acclaimed album “Ready to Die” in 1994, and became a main figure in the rap genre, as the album reached 13th position on the Billboard 200, and was eventually certified platinum four times. In 1995, the group of The Notorious B.I.G., Junior MAFIA consisting of friends from his youth and included rappers such as Lil ‘Kim and Lil’ Cease – who subsequently went further with their solo careers – released their debut album “Conspiracy”. His biggest rival was Tupac Shakur, a rapper from California, who was originally a good friend of The Notorious B.I.G., but when Tupac was murdered in 1996, everyone’s eyes were targeted on B.I.G., as Tupac shortly before had crashed about his affair with Biggie’s wife Faith Evans. He was part of the east coast hip-hop scene, and became involved in the feud between east coast and west coast hip-hop.

However, on 9th March 1997, The Notorious B.I.G. was killed when he was hit by four bullets in the chest, after leaving a party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records for the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles. The crime has not been resolved to date. Two weeks after his death his second album was released, which was given the title “Life After Death”, and became number one on the American hit parade with 10 million copies sold. At the end of 1997, Puff Daddy together with B.I.G.’s widow Faith Evans and the R & B group 112, recorded the song “I’ll be Missing You” a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G., which became a big hit. Posthumously some singles of The Notorious B.I.G. were also released, of which “Mo ‘money mo’ problems” became the biggest hit.

In 1999 a posthumous album – “Born Again” – was released too, and in 2001, The Notorious B.I.G. appeared on the album “Invincible” by Michael Jackson. At the end of 2005, a second tribute album was released – “Duets: The Final Chapter”, also known as “The Biggie Duets”. In 2009, a biographical film was made about his life, entitled “Notorious”.

Finally, in the personal life of the rapper, The Notorious B.I.G. was married to singer Faith Evans from 1994 until his death.

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Christopher George Latore Wallace III Trademarks

1. Fedoras and Kangol Hats
2. Towering Height and heavy Girth
3. Deep Voice

Christopher George Latore Wallace III Quotes

• I’m making music for the people. If y’all love the music, y’all gonna buy the music.
• ’96 is the year of love. We all need to pull together.
• My real life helped me sell a lot of records.
• With big folks, either people think you look mean or it’s more of a jolly Santa Claus, ‘Oh, he’s just a pudgy little teddy bear pillow.’
• You gotta mature, you know.
• Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.
• I can’t never stop nobody, can’t knock nobody hustle.
• I’m basically different things to different people. If it’s a guy, I’m-a probably have my guard up because it’s a street rule that when men come around that I don’t know, I just immediately throw shade on them. But I don’t associate with fellas all that much; if it’s a girl – a beautiful girl – I be nice.
• The second time I went to jail, I was like, ‘Okay, this is not the move.’
• Please, all you MCs out there, all you fans out there, don’t think Big gonna make a record dissing 2Pac or the West Coast because it’s not going down like that. I cant even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man.
• (On Tupac Shakur’s death) I was more shocked than anything, you know what I’m sayin? I wasn’t shocked at him dyin I was more shocked at him…Pac’a a strong dude, ya know I know dude, ya know what I’m sayin. He’s real strong. So when they was like he got shot, I was just more like ‘Again?’ Heh. You know what I’m sayin, he’s always gettin shot or shot at, he gon’ pull through this one again, make a few of records about it, and its gon’ be over, you know what I’m sayin? But when he, when he died, I was just ‘whoa!’ You know what I’m sayin, kinda took me by…and even though we was goin through our drama, I would never with death on nobody, you know what I’m sayin, cause ain’t no coming back from that.

Christopher George Latore Wallace III Important Facts

• A framed portrait of the ‘crowned’ rapper is prominently displayed in “Harlem’s Paradise” nightclub in the TV series Luke Cage (2016) in which his widow Faith Evans performs “Mesmerized” (S1/E2).
• Method Man of Wutang was the only featured rapper on his debut album. Biggie greatly admired the Wu’s sound. RZA, in fact, produced for his second album.
• At first he refused to sing the song “Juicy” because of the way the song sounded, it later became one of his most famous songs.
• Lil’ Kim was his girlfriend at the time of his death.
• Mentioned in the rap-rock song “Mope” by Bloodhound Gang, along with personalities like Luciano Pavarotti, Tupac Shakur, Falco, Tori Spelling, Bo Jackson and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• Attended George Westinghouse High School in Brooklyn, New York, With fellow rappers Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes.
• Died exactly one year after George Burns.
• Was Rapping for only 2 years when signed
• Weighs over 400 Pounds
• B.I.G. stands for “Business Instead of Game”.
• His first recording deal was with Uptown Records in 1993.
• His posthumous album, Life After Death, is certified Diamond. This means it sold more than 10 million copies.
• His clothing line, Brooklyn Mint, was launched in 1996. He also had plans to open a fast food chain called “Big Poppa’s” which was going to be served in his old neighborhood 24 hours a day.
• During his early years, he opened for Tupac Shakur on shows. He impressed Shakur for his ability to flow his rhymes right on the beat.
• Ironically on the night he got shot, he was in California for the Soul Train Music awards, so he could promote peace between east and west. However when on stage, he got booed by the Californian crowd (a response to the Shakur murder, the previous year) and an embarrassed Biggie left the stage. He was killed hours later
• Was in fact originally good friends with Tupac Shakur. He would call Tupac, ‘Duke’ and Tupac would call him ‘Christopher’. However when Tupac was shot five times and robbed by gang members linked to Biggie’s Bad Boy records, the two had a fatal falling out.
• Unlike Tupac Shakur, Biggie never got a chance to star or appear in a movie, but he was confined to music videos and an early episode of New York Undercover. He was writing a screenplay at the time of his death.
• Frequently referred to himself as “the black Frank White” in his raps. This name was taken from the drug lord character played by Christopher Walken in the film King of New York (1990).
• Got his nickname Biggie Smalls’ from the gangster character played by Calvin Lockhart in the film Let’s Do It Again (1975).
• Released a song called “Who Shot Ya?” just after Tupac Shakur was shot. Although Wallace insisted the song was recorded before the shooting and had nothing to do with it, Shakur saw it differently. As such, 2Pac released one of the most bitter, vindictive, and ingenious hip-hop answer records ever, called “Hit em up,” which despite its violent background, was very popular.
• Married his wife 9 days after meeting her!
• He also made a little known song with Michael Jackson, entitled “This Time Around.”
• Could not be billed officially as “Biggie Smalls” because someone else trademarked the name “Biggy Smalls” years before. Thus he became The Notorious B.I.G.
• Despite being one of the most popular and well-known artists in the hip-hop industry, he only saw one album released while alive. He recorded and released “Ready to Die” in 1994. He recorded his sophomore album, “Life After Death” while alive. but it was released a mere two weeks after his murder in March of 1997. “Born Again” was released in December 1999, nearly three years after his death. The album featured unreleased songs as well as remixes of old songs, some featuring other rap and R&B artists.
• Awarded the 1995 Billboard Magazine Award for hip-hop artist of the year.
• Was killed in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting. He was an MC who had released two albums before his death, plus another released posthumously.
• Mother and father are Jamaican. Has a son named Christopher Junior By Faith Evans and a daughter named T’Yonna by an ex girlfriend named Jan.
• He had a top 10 hit in the UK with “Mo Money, Mo Problems”, which featured Sean Combs and Mase, in August 1997. His solo song was the other top 10 success he had in the UK later that year.

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