was excellent at combining gangster tales with romantic ballads. Along with his unrivaled skill to rhyme the words rapidly, B.I.G. His songs, soaked in his vicious memories of the wrongful past, appeared a sincere revelation of the criminal life that found a huge response all over the USA. The new rap star from New York became the person who could finally bring the fame back to the East Coast hip-hop from the leading West Coast.

Two weeks later, the record ran double platinum, exploding a bomb in the American hip-hop society. He made the young rapper quit it and commit himself solely to music. kept selling drugs, which went contrary to CombsРІР‚в„ўs rules. Trying to support his little daughter, B.I.G. and decided to turn the young manРІР‚в„ўs talent into a big rapping act. He gave Chris his stage name Notorious B.I.G. Spread widely throughout New York clubs, this record eventually caught the eye of Sean Combs (widely known as Puff Daddy), a celebrated producer. As the friends kept telling him how good he was at freestyles, Chris gave it a try and made a demo. At that time, rapping was no more than just a hobby for the young man. As Chris made friends with the other guys outside he named himself B.I.G. ChristopherРІР‚в„ўs mother worked hard day and night to support her son and protect him from the mean streets, but this was not enough. He studied together with Busta Rhymes and Jay-Z. The father left the family when Chris was just eighteen months and this fact made him never think anything good about the old man. Obviously, Diddy won over Big, who, says Cease, РІР‚СљperfectedРІР‚Сњ the formula-street-hustler rhymes softened by glossy, radio-ready production-sketching a blueprint that JAY-Z, 50 Cent, and rap stars of today still follow.Christopher Wallace was born on May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York.

РІР‚СљWhen he played РІР‚ВJuicyРІР‚в„ў for Big, it was just like, РІР‚ВWhat the fuck is this?РІР‚в„ўРІР‚Сњ LilРІР‚в„ў Cease, BigРІР‚в„ўs childhood friend and frequent collaborator, tells Apple Music. РІР‚СљDiddy stepped in and said, РІР‚ВHey, man, we gotta make some radio records.РІР‚в„ў Diddy had to convince Big.РІР‚Сњ The song, which samples MtumeРІР‚в„ўs 1983 R&B classic РІР‚СљJuicy Fruit,РІР‚Сњ is one of the first examples of Diddy turning extremely recognizable past hits into commercial hip-hop gold the shiny, familiar production helped BigРІР‚в„ўs gruff voice and tales of a РІР‚Сљcommon thiefРІР‚Сњ find radio and mainstream success in a year when the biggest rap hit on BillboardРІР‚в„ўs Hot 100 was Salt-N-Pepa and En VogueРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљWhatta Man.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљIn the early process was Biggie at his most purest, rawest form,РІР‚Сњ Brooklyn DJ Mister Cee, associate executive producer and the man often credited with discovering Big, tells Apple Music. On the seminal breakthrough single РІР‚СљJuicy,РІР‚Сњ he professes his love of hip-hop through a deeply personal come-up narrative so exemplary that few, if any, have come close to matching it since. The violence and costs of the hustle are laid bare on the stick-up-kid anthem РІР‚СљGimme the LootРІР‚Сњ and the closer РІР‚СљSuicidal Thoughts,РІР‚Сњ which ends with the sound of him killing himself while on the phone with executive producer/mentor Sean РІР‚СљDiddyРІР‚Сњ Combs (then known as Puff Daddy), who pleads for him to reconsider.Р”В«ut against the backdrop of violence and death, Big mixes in moments of aspiration and confidence. РІР‚СљРІР‚ВYouРІР‚в„ўre saying youРІР‚в„ўre ready to die? WhatРІР‚в„ўs up, Big?РІР‚в„ў He told me, РІР‚ВIРІР‚в„ўm going through a lot.IРІР‚в„ўm tired of being up there hustling, my mom is sick, I have a baby on the way.РІР‚в„ў He was going through a lot of pressure.РІР‚СњР”Р‡rom the autobiographical РІР‚СљThings Done ChangedРІР‚Сњ onwards, Biggie Smalls spoke directly, without distillation, about Brooklyn crime and culture, connecting instantly with those in the know while compelling others less attuned to catch up. РІР‚СљI remember when he was doing the title track, I was a little disturbed,РІР‚Сњ Easy Mo Bee, who produced several of the albumРІР‚в„ўs standouts, tells Apple Music.

elevated the form to a divine art of brutal honesty. While hardly the first to rap about the pleasures and pitfalls of drug dealing, The Notorious B.I.G. By naming his debut Ready to Die, the Brooklyn rapper bluntly encapsulated both his fearless, take-no-prisoners lyrical style and his perpetual sixth sense that death could come for him at any time. By the age of 22, Christopher Wallace had already lived quite the life.

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