Christopher Wallace born in 1972, in Brooklyn, New York. Raised by his mother Voletta Wallace a Jaimacan elementary teacher he had very little money. He did good at school and did especially well in English class where he had won a number of awards . At age twelve he started to sell drugs and live a life of the gangsters he had admired in movies. He got the name Big because his large build at such a young age.
He began rapping on the streats to entertain people by freestyling and beat boxing. After he went to jail he decided to make a mix tape under the name of Biggie Smalls. smalls was put on the Source's top unsigned rappers in 1992 and this drew the attention of sean "Puffy"Combs. His first albumn ready to die appeared as high as number 12 on the billboard charts.
sadly his life was taken by a 1997 drive by shooting in California in February. His music did not stop when he was killed, he has had cd's go platinum four times of just remastered and remade copies of his work. He has some of the best rythems and lyrics i believe in hip hop history.
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