Aka biggie smalls was born christopher wallace on may 21, 1972. Impressed, puffy went to sign biggie to his new label, bad boy records. The recording came to the attention of sean (“puffy”) combs, who then worked.
The rapper's death was widely speculated as being in retaliation for the murder of tupac shakur the year prior biggie's second album, life after death, was released less than three weeks. Born to jamaican parents, his mother After developing a talent for rap as a pastime, wallace recorded a demo under the stage name biggie smalls.
Puffy and biggie worked on the artist's first album, and the notorious b.i.g. Biggie was first heard on a remix of a mary j. The notorious b.i.g., also known as biggie smalls or biggie, was an american rapper and songwriter. Or biggie smalls, was an american rapper and songwriter.