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{{quote|This album is dedicated to all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin', to all the people that lived above the buildings that I was hustlin' in front of that called the police on me when I was just tryin' to make some money to feed my daughters, and all the niggas' in the struggle, 'you know what I'm sayin'? ''It's all good baby baby...''|"Juicy"}}
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997), known as The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls (after a fictional gangster in the 1975 film ''Let's Do It Again''), and The Black Frank White (after [[Christopher Walken]]'s character in ''[[King of New York]]''), was an American rapper. "B.I.G." and "Biggie" were rather apt names, as he stood at 6'3'' and weighed as much as 300 to 380 pounds.
After a childhood of crime caught up with him, Wallace decided to focus on his other talent: Rapping, under the name Biggie Smalls. This lead to a chain of events that resulted in him teaming up with Uptown Records A&R and record producer Sean "Puffy" Combs. However, soon after signing the contract, Combs found himself fired from Uptown and started up a new label, Bad Boy Records, which Wallace quickly became a part of. Later that year, Wallace gained exposure on a remix to Mary J. Blige's "Real Love". Wallace found out that his original pseudonym Biggie Smalls was already in use, so he adapted a new moniker: The Notorious B.I.G.(the letters apparently don't stand for anything).
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* [[Batman Gambit]]: How Biggie escapes the predicament he gets into in "I Got A Story to Tell." He changes what the situation looks like and counts on everyone else acting the way he thinks they will.
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: His well-publicized [[Love Triangle]] between widow Faith Evans and [[Lil' Kim]], whom he had known for years before marrying Evans.
* [[Biopic]]: ''Notorious'', released in 2009. The film as a whole received mixed to positive reviews, but Jamal Woolward's performance was praised by nearly all who saw it.
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* [[Non-Appearing Title]]: "Juicy". The title makes sense when you know that the song samples "Juicy Fruit" by Mtume, but it doesn't appear anywhere in the song.
* [[Police Brutality]]: One of [[wikipedia:Rampart scandal#Ties to the murder of Notorious B.I.G|the allegations surfacing after the horrific LAPD Rampart scandal]] was that Biggie was murdered ''by cops.''
* [[Rags to Riches]]: A popular subject of his songs; "Juicy" and "Sky's The Limit" come to mind.
* [[Evil Power Vacuum|Rap Power Vacuum]] Many cynical fans feel this is how [[Jay
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: "Dead Wrong" a song about Biggie breaking into someone's house and subsequently raping the women of the household, brutally assaulting the son, sodomizing the father with a broomstick, and calling himself more [[Up to Eleven|ruthless than Satan]],and once he finishes rapping [[Eminem]] joins in on the action.
* [[Short
* [[Signature Song]]: "Juicy", "Big Poppa" and "Hypnotize".
* [[Take That]]: While he rarely brought up names, several of his tracks had listeners wondering "Did he just diss [[Nas]]? Was that aimed at [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]]?"
* [[Talking to Himself|Rapping With Himself]]: "Gimme the Loot" on the ''Ready to Die'' album features two criminals plotting and carrying out a robbery - both of them are played by Biggie.
** He also raps both halves of a phone conversation in "Warning."
* [[Tempting Fate]]: ''The names of Biggie's albums.''
* [[The Mentor]]: To Junior M.A.F.I.A., including Lil' Kim. Sadly, this ended with [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]].
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: [http://eurthisnthat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/faithevansandbiggie4ccpb0.jpg His marriage with Faith Evans.]
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