He was shot and killed on march 9, 1997. Biggie was first heard on a remix of a mary j. Born to jamaican parents, his mother
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. After developing a talent for rap as a pastime, wallace recorded a demo under the stage name biggie smalls. Aka biggie smalls was born christopher wallace on may 21, 1972.
The recording came to the attention of sean (“puffy”) combs, who then worked. Impressed, puffy went to sign biggie to his new label, bad boy records. 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.