In this regard, he was similar to Tupac Shakur, his one-time friend turned bitter rival - a contest that spiraled horrifyingly out of control leaving neither man alive to tell the tale. He styled himself as a gangster and although he was no angel, in reality he was more of a performer than a hardened criminal. With his clear, powerful baritone, effortless flow on the mic and willingness to address the vulnerability, as well as the harshness, of the hustler lifestyle, Smalls swung the spotlight back towards New York and his label home, Bad Boy Records. Smalls was from New York and had almost single-handedly reinvented East Coast hip hop - overtaken in the early 1990s by the West Coast 'g-funk' sound of Dr. He was 24 years old when he was gunned down in 1997 in Los Angeles, a murder that has never been solved. Who Was Biggie Smalls?Ĭhristopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls and the Notorious B.I.G., lived a short life.

on Sunday March 9, 1997.Biggie Smalls, also known as 'The Notorious B.I.G.,' was a revered hip-hop artist and face of East Coast gangsta rap. Wallace’s entourage rushed him to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m. At around 12:45 AM, at a red light on the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire Blvd, about 50 yards from The Petersen Automotive Museum Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls was shot in the chest four times by an African American male dressed in a blue suit and a bow tie. Puffy traveled in the other vehicle with three bodyguards. member Lil’ Cease and driver, Gregory “G-Money” Young. traveled in the front passenger seat alongside his associates, Damion “D-Roc” Butler, Junior M.A.F.I.A. after the Fire Department closed the party because of overcrowding, Biggie left the party with his entourage in two GMC Suburbans to return to his hotel.ī.I.G. Here’s Biggie and Puff posing for photos after midnight as they are leaving the party moments before the murder… PHOTO REMOVED BY REQUEST FROM PHOTOGRAPHER Venus Bernardo PhotographyĪfter midnight now (March 9, 1997) at around 12:30 a.m.

Here’s some photos of B.I.G. and Puff Daddy enjoying themselves at the party… PHOTO REMOVED BY REQUEST FROM PHOTOGRAPHER Maury L.

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