The Notorious B.I.G.: Difference between revisions

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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"}}

 

 

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).

 

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.

 

* ''Ready to Die'' (1994)

* ''Life After Death'' (1997)

* ''Born Again'' (1999)

* ''Duets: The Final Chapter'' (2005)

 

* [[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.

* [[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.''

* [[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.

* [[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."

* [[The Mentor]]: To Junior M.A.F.I.A., including Lil' Kim. Sadly, this ended with [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]].

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: "Gimme the Loot" and "Dead Wrong".

 

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