In 2000, it became one of the few hip-hop albums to be certified Diamond.Wallace was noted for his "loose, easy flow", dark semi-autobiographical lyrics, and storytelling, which focused on violence and hardship. His double-disc album, Life After Death, released sixteen days later, rose to number one on the U.S. Wallace was murdered by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997. Leggi il Testo Juicy Notorious BIG.Juicy è una canzone di The Notorious BIG estratta dal leggendario album Ready to Die. In 1996, while recording his second album, Wallace was heavily involved in the growing East Coast–West Coast hip hop feud. to chart success, a protégé group composed of his childhood friends. The following year, Wallace led Junior M.A.F.I.A. His debut album Ready to Die made him a central figure in East Coast hip hop, and increased New York City's visibility in the genre at a time when West Coast hip hop dominated the mainstream. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest rappers of all time.Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
He was also known as Biggie Smalls (after a character in the 1975 film Lets Do It Again) and Frank White (after the main character of the 1990 film King of New York). Christopher George Latore Wallace, known professionally as the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or Biggie, was an American rapper. Christopher George Latore Wallace ( March 9, 1997), best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper / Hip-Hop artist.