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Notorious B.I.G.

Notorious B.I.G.

Notorious B.I.G. has been played on NTS over 190 times, featured on 154 episodes and was first played on 15 November 2012.

Notorious 'Christopher George Letore Wallace' B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game) was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY on May 21, 1972. During his life he moved many crowds with his conversational style in Hip Hop. He released two studio albums both garnering critical and public acclaim: 'Ready To Die' and 'Life After Death'. Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death from a drive-by in Los Angeles, CA on March 9, 1997.

As a youth he was an honor-roll student, but dropped out of school at the age of 17 and began working for a small-time crack cocaine dealer in Virginia. As a teen he would freestyle rap on the streets of Brooklyn. After making a demo tape with neighborhood friends and connections, this demo was eventually received DJ Mister Cee (from Big Daddy Kane). From there he got notice in Hip-Hop magazine, The Source, in the Unsigned Hype section. Sean "Puffy" Combs got a hold of the demo tape and after meeting signed Biggie to Uptown Records. Puffy eventually started his own music label, Bad Boy Records, bringing Biggie with him. Soon after Bad Boy's premiere he released the album, Ready To Die, eventually selling over 4 million copies. To this day B.I.G. is regarded as one of the best lyricist ever in Hip-Hop along with his one time friend and eventual adversary, Tupac Shakur.

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Notorious B.I.G.

Notorious B.I.G. has been played on NTS over 190 times, featured on 154 episodes and was first played on 15 November 2012.

Notorious 'Christopher George Letore Wallace' B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game) was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY on May 21, 1972. During his life he moved many crowds with his conversational style in Hip Hop. He released two studio albums both garnering critical and public acclaim: 'Ready To Die' and 'Life After Death'. Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death from a drive-by in Los Angeles, CA on March 9, 1997.

As a youth he was an honor-roll student, but dropped out of school at the age of 17 and began working for a small-time crack cocaine dealer in Virginia. As a teen he would freestyle rap on the streets of Brooklyn. After making a demo tape with neighborhood friends and connections, this demo was eventually received DJ Mister Cee (from Big Daddy Kane). From there he got notice in Hip-Hop magazine, The Source, in the Unsigned Hype section. Sean "Puffy" Combs got a hold of the demo tape and after meeting signed Biggie to Uptown Records. Puffy eventually started his own music label, Bad Boy Records, bringing Biggie with him. Soon after Bad Boy's premiere he released the album, Ready To Die, eventually selling over 4 million copies. To this day B.I.G. is regarded as one of the best lyricist ever in Hip-Hop along with his one time friend and eventual adversary, Tupac Shakur.

Tracks featured on

Most played tracks

Get Down (Q-Tip Remix)
Notorious B.I.G., The, Craig Mack feat. Q-Tip (Q-Tip mix)
Bad Boy Entertainment, Arista1995
Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix) (Radio Edit)
Junior M.A.F.I.A. (DJ Enuff, Lance 'Un' Rivera, Notorious B.I.G. mix)
Big Beat1996
Can't You See
Total feat. The Notorious B.I.G.
Bad Boy Entertainment1996
Mo Money Mo Problems (Radio Mix)
The Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy, Mase
Bad Boy Entertainment1997
Juicy
The Notorious B.I.G.
Bad Boy Entertainment1994
One More Chance
The Notorious B.I.G.
Bad Boy Entertainment1994
Ten Crack Commandments
The Notorious B.I.G.
Bad Boy Entertainment1997
Hypnotize
The Notorious B.I.G.
Bad Boy Entertainment1997
Mo Money Mo Problems
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Mase, Puff Daddy
Bad Boy Entertainment2006
Get Money
The Notorious B.I.G feat. Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Bad Boy Entertainment0