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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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In 1997, Wallace traveled to California to promote his upcoming album. Unfortunately, on March 9, just fifteen days before said album was to be released, he was murdered in a drive-by shooting. The shooter remains unknown - as with the murder of Tupac, fingers have been pointed in all directions, but to this day no one really knows who did it. He was 24.
A movie about his life, ''Notorious'', was released on January 16th, 2009, starring rapper Jamal "Gravy" Woolard as the Notorious one himself. Not to be confused with [[Notorious|the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name,]] not even for a minute.
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* ''Ready to Die'' (1994)
* ''Life After Death'' (1997)
* ''Born Again'' (1999)
* ''Duets: The Final Chapter'' (2005)
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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.
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* [[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]]: [
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: "Gimme the Loot" and "Dead Wrong".
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