The Notorious B.I.G.
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The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game and, since his death, Books Instead of Guns), was a popular New York City rapper of the mid-1990s. Real name Christopher Wallace, he was also known as Biggie Smalls (after a stylish gangster in 1975's Let's Do it Again). Biggie was the main artist of Diddy's Bad Boy Records before his untimely death. He was also the main MC to rep the East coast during the East coast versus West coast rap war. He was gunned down in Los Angeles in March 1997. Following his untimely death, he has been immortalized as a hip hop legend.
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