Hip Hop music star Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls or The Notorious B.I.G., was part of an East Coast-West Coast rapper rivalry that included Tupac Shakur and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. A year after Shakur was murdered, Notorious B.I.G. was preparing to release his second album when he was gunned down at the age of 24 as he left a party in Los Angeles. The album soared to #1 on the charts posthumously. Notorious B.I.G. is ranked as one of the top rappers of all time. Christopher Wallace was born in New York on May 21, 1972. His mother Voletta Wallace was a Jamaican pre-school teacher. His father Selwyn Latore was a welder and a politician. Wallace's father deserted his family leaving his mother to raise him in Brooklyn. Voletta Wallace worked two jobs to provide the income that allowed her son to attend private school as a child. Although Wallace was a good student, by the age of 12 he was dealing drugs and as a teen fell into a life of crime. He would be arrested numerous times during his short life. Eventually Wallace attended Brooklyn’s George Westinghouse High School, and after school he jammed with jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison. Wallace dropped out of high school at 17 with aspirations of becoming a rap superstar following his idols Run-DMC and Big Daddy Kane. …show more content…
Due to legal issues with the name, he later adopted a second stage name “The Notorious B.I.G.” In the 1990s Sean Combs, AKA "P. Diddy,” heard Biggie Smalls’ demo tape and quickly signed him with Uptown Records. In 1992 Combs put Smalls on the remix of Mary J. Blige’s song Real Love, giving the rapper his first national exposure. The following year Smalls’ debut single Party and Bulls**t was released. That same year Combs separated from Uptown Records to begin his own Record Label, Bad Boy Entertainment, and Wallace followed him under the name of Notorious
(Randall 3) Biggie Smalls, Sean Combs, and the rest of Biggies entourage were on their way to the hotel. Sean rode in a white Chevy, with his driver Kenneth Story, and three bodyguards. “Biggie sat
He grew an appeal for painting flowers and landscapes. Since George missed vital education (until his adolescence), it was a bare tussle for him to complete high-school in Minneapolis, Kansas. To support himself both financially and educationally, George worked various jobs such as being a household worker, hotel cook, and laundryman. After high-school, he aimed to find a university. Unfortunately, one of the colleges he applied for, turned him down for racial purposes.
Biography and family- Sean John Combs, professionally known P. Diddy, Puff Daddy and Diddy, was born on 4 November, 1969, in Harlem, New York. He was born to Janice and Melvin Earl Combs. His mother Janice was a model and his father was an associate of Frank Lucas, a drug dealer. He grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. He is a rapper, songwriter, singer, record producer, entrepreneur and an actor as well.
(A&E Television Networks , 2015). After that Mr. Smalls was brought to the attention of the great legend (2pac),who basically partnered up with Mrs. Wallace and made some of the greatest hits and records in that era . While partnered with each other (2pac) was jumped and shot 9 times in (Biggies Recording Building) . (2pac) thought that
Tyrell Traylor was born october 31.1996 and raised on the southside of chicago. At a young age traylor used to watched many music videos and watching them fueled the start up for his love of music. At the beginning he was addicted to the catchy tune of jay-z’s “big pimpin” and soon he started learning the lyrics. sometimes by himself, traylor would imagined himself in concert freestyling his own lyrics. This is when traylor knew he found his own love for music and that there was the beginning of his passion.
Tupac and another rapper where caught in an armed robbery in the lobby of Death Row Record Lable. The robbery left Tupac with 5 bullet wounds. Tupac accused multiple rapper of the shooting, including enemies Biggy Smalls and Puff Daddy Combs. Both Smalls and Combs denied the accusations.
Shakur had long accused Biggie of stealing his style and of involvement in Shakur’s robbery and attempted murder in the lobby of a Manhattan recording studio in 1994. (Eustachewich 4). Since Tupac thought he did that, in 1996 he released the diss song “Hit ‘Em Up”, which he alluded to sleeping with Biggie’s wife, Evans. After Tupac died, Biggie’s wife Evans told MTV news that her husband was distraught over Shakur’s death. Evan’s later recalled that Biggie “feared for his own life.”
Ready to Die. This was the title of the Notorious Big’s debut album. Christopher Wallace better known as Biggie Smalls was born on May 21, 1972, in the rough streets of Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 12, Wallace began selling drugs on Fulton Avenue in his neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, meanwhile, he also began to encounter his passion for rap music. His life as a drug dealer led to his arrest in 1989 for possession of an unregistered firearm, months later he decided to quit school and pursue his rap career.
BB King was a legend as an adult, but he started as a child where he was influenced to start music. When BB king was younger he was influenced to do music when he sang in local churches and school spiritual quartet. As a kid BB king played music in the streets of his home town then he moved to perform professionally. His cousin even gave him his first guitar. After he was influenced he got his big big break BB king moved to memphis where he started to work as a radio DJ and got his stage name.
The R Document is written by famous the 20th century American author Irving Wallace. This book is set in a dystopian era of the US sometime after 1975, following the death of the first director of FBI, Edgar Hoover. In the book, the United States is in the grip of the worst violence it has ever seen, and is rapidly heading towards complete chaos. This is evidenced by organized gangs staging an attack on the White House killing many government employees, and tourists.
“The US honors 2 people with holidays bearing their names. Martin Luther King Jr, who gave his life combatting the legacy of slavery, and Christopher Columbus, who initiated it in the first place. (Confronting Columbus)”. Christopher Columbus, often known as a brave adventurer, was actually a perpetrator of genocide. Columbus Day should not be celebrated because of the horrendous behavior Columbus showed off, between the atrocities committed against the Natives and the self-absorption Columbus had, shows that he is not in fact a hero, but instead a villain.
The Murder Trial of Biggie Smalls Rathbone, William Unit 7 Assignment CJ 101 Wallace Biggie was one of the most powerful rappers before getting murdered in drive by shooting in March of 1997. At time he was killed the police had many theories of why he got murdered on that day. The police had multiple suspects about who did it but wasn’t sure of who or why they murdered Biggie Smalls. On that day Biggie was on his way to the hotel from the music party. When his SUV came up to the stop light, he could hear someone call his name, so he rolled his back window down to see who that’s when he was shot multiple times in the torso and then the suspects drove away from the murder.
In the World War ll Period they had a strong industry in black music. His city got importance for his music, and they waited a while then after that the whites took over. He worked on a film with Austin Powers : International Man Of Mystery in 1997, so in 2000 he released Basie and Beyond, and He made a tribute for jazz. He had trouble in life but had some great impacts in his
Being one of the richest rappers in the world means you get to live a pretty charmed life. With the most expensive bling, sneakers for days, and cars you only dream of driving, these rappers get to live like kings every day thanks to their rap careers. Here's a look at the top ten richest rappers in the world. Number Ten: Lil Wayne Lil Wayne rounds out the list with a net worth of around $150 million.
In the shady streets of Compton, California, a teen receives his first Music Mixer. Little does he know, this gift will shape out the rest of his life and of many others worldwide. Andre Romelle Young, also known as “Dr. Dre” is a renowned Hip-Hop artist and highly successful business entrepreneur. He has influenced the course of Rap/Hip-Hop music and those who took part in it. Dr. Dre showed leadership in his early years, aftermath of the N.W.A., and entrepreneurship of his own business.