“You know very well who you are, don’t let em hold you down, reach for the stars. Get my daughter this college plan, so she don’t need no man.”ħ. “Learn to treat life to the best, put stress to rest.”Ħ. Stereotypes of a black male misunderstood.”ĥ.
“Considered a fool ’cause I dropped out of high school. Read: Remembering rap legend Tupac Shakur: 10 quotesĤ. He acknowledged what happened in one of his songs, and blamed it on his friend and Junior M.A.F.I.A. Toward the end of his life, the Brooklyn-bred rapper. “We can’t change the world unless we change ourselves.” Biggie Smalls, was known for being larger than life, both figuratively and literally. Magic, Marley Marl, I let my tape rock till my tape popped.” Drawing The Notorious B.I.G. Salt-N-Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine. “I never thought it could happen, this rappin’ stuff.”Ģ. On the 20th year anniversary of his death, we remember Biggie Smalls through his quotes, and excerpts from his music.ġ. His debut album, “Ready to Die,” released in 1994 remains a rap classic.ī.I.G received numerous accolades posthumously, a testament of his influence and enduring legacy. Undoubtedly a hip-hop icon, B.I.G left an indelible mark on the world and influenced a generation of artists, with his flawless rap flow and profound lyrics on urban life in America. real name was Christopher Wallace, who passed away on the 9 th of March 1997 (aged 24) in Los Angeles. On March 9, 1997, Wallace was killed by an. In 2018, the city of New York renamed part of the rapper’s childhood block “Christopher Wallace Way ” the year before, a basketball court in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, was renamed after him.Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the death of legendary America rapper, the Notorious B.I.G. While recording his second album, Wallace was heavily involved in the growing East CoastWest Coast hip hop feud. Murals of him can be found across Brooklyn and in many cities around the world such as Japan, New Zealand and Australia. Like his former West Coast rival, Shakur, Wallace’s legacy has grown larger than life following his death. Blige, Lil’ Kim, Run DMC, Busta Rhymes, Salt-N-Pepa, and hip-hop founding father DJ Kool Herc. His funeral in Brooklyn, held on March 18, saw the main streets of Bed-Stuy closed for the procession and was attended by Queen Latifah, Flava Flav, Mary J. The rapper was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and was pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m. Many speculated that Wallace ordered a hit on Shakur but he denied that he did.Īlmost six months to the day after Shakur was shot, Wallace was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles street during the early hours of March 9. The “Brenda's Got a Baby” rapper died six days later. 7, 1996, Shakur was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas strip. At the time, he blamed Wallace for the shooting, but the Brooklyn rapper always denied any involvement in the ordeal. In November 1994, Shakur was shot multiple times and robbed inside a Manhattan recording studio. The media helped escalate the so-called “East Coast/ West Coast” rap feuds of the mid-'90s and while each rapper took lyrical shots at each other on diss tracks, including one called "Hit 'Em Up," where Shakur claimed to have had sexual relations with Wallace's estranged wife, singer Faith Evans. Things would eventually turn violent for the rappers. Shakur’s label head, Deathrow Records founder Suge Knight, and Combs did not get along and would famously criticize each other in the press, leading Shakur and Wallace to turn on each other. He even twisted the title of the beloved Dean Martin song “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You” for his song “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Kills You.”Īs Wallace saw his star rise, he was also competing against his former friend, Los Angeles rapper Tupac Shakur. “I don’t wanna live no more, sometimes I hear death knockin’ at my front door,” he rapped on “Everyday Struggle.” “I want to leave, I swear to God I feel like death is f***ing calling me but naw, you wouldn't understand, n**** talk to me please,” he rapped on “Suicidal Thoughts.” This was shown in the name of his debut and the macabre notion was reflected on the title of his sophomore release, “Life After Death.” Wallace also rapped many times about dying. The rapper was also obsessive about living a life of excess but also infatuated with his own death and mortality.