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p style=text-align: left;img src=http://api.ning.com/files/UoeFoayJL1NMAY0RNpBQeI8N82yMv4ypg0A3BwoOpzXVkyCZLb 7JXknnuBPK9Ea*1l9LG*09W8OejFY1dG43pOnt4BYH0lof/big.jpg alt= width=485 height=472//pbr /bChristopher George Latore Wallace/b (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), popularly known by bBiggie Smalls/b (after a fictional gangster in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again), and his primary stage name, bThe Notorious B.I.G.,/b was an bAmerican rapper./bbr /br /bRaised in Brooklyn, New York,/b Wallace grew up during the peak years of bthe 1980s' crack/b epidemic and started dealing drugs at an early age. When Wallace released his debut album with bthe 1994 record Ready to Die,/b he was a central figure in bthe East Coast hip-hop/b scene and increased bNew York's/b visibility at a time when bhip hop/b was mostly dominated by bWest Coast artists/b. The following year, Wallace led his childhood friends to chart success through his protégé group, bJunior M.A.F.I.A./b While recording his bsecond album/b, Wallace was heavily involved in bthe East Coast-West Coast hip hop feud,/b dominating the scene at the time.br /br /bOn March 9, 1997, Wallace/b was killed by an unknown assailant in a bdrive-by shooting in Los Angeles./b His double-disc set Life After Death, released fifteen days later, bhit #1 on the U.S. album charts/b and was certified bDiamond in 2000./b Wallace was noted for his bloose, easy flow/b,dark semi-autobiographical lyrics and storytelling abilities. bSince his death/b, a further bthree albums/b have been released. bMTV ranked him at #3/b on their list of The Greatest bMCs of All Time./b Because of his success and influence on music, he has become a cultural iconbr /br /div style=width:300px;object width=300 height=110param name=movie value=http://media.imeem.com/m/fv2XQPr3HC/paramparam name=wmode value=transparent/paramembed src=http://media.imeem.com/m/fv2XQPr3HC type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=300 height=110 wmode=transparent allowscriptaccess=never/embedparam name=allowscriptaccess value=never/param/objectdiv style=background-color:#E6E6E6;padding:1px;div style=float:left;padding:4px 4px 0 0;a href=http://www.imeem.com/img src=http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/E6E6E6/ border=0//a/div/div/divbr/a href=http://www.imeem.com/neverleavemealone/music/Tb3aAnVH/notorious-big-big-poppa/Big Poppa - Notorious B.I.G./abr /biuComment below with your favorite Biggie, album, song, lyrics, video etc./u/i/b