Biggie , his life

The Notorious BIG, whose real name Christopher Wallace (May 21, 1972 to March 9, 1997), also known under the pseudonyms of Biggie Smalls, Biggie or Frank White, was an American rapper. The success of his debut album Ready To Die (1994), the image representing the New York rap that acquires and six months after the assassination of Tupac Shakur helped make him known. He was ranked third MC in history by MTV [1] and has sold 17 million records in the United States.

In August 1994, appears Juicy, first extract the first solo album Wallace. Produced by Puffy Combs, Juicy Fruit Mtume sample, the single was soon recognized as one of the greatest hip-hop tracks ever written [6] and dynamite sales of Ready to Die, which sold more than 4 million copies [7]. The next two singles, Big Poppa and One More Chance, will both be certified platinum (1 million copies) [7]. If the phenomenal success of the debut album by Notorious BIG must both great flow in particular if the rapper and quality productions, performed by Puff Daddy and Easy Mo Bee [2], it is mainly the balance it manages to maintain between a committed rap, dark enough (which inspire particular Mobb Deep), and titles are lighter, sometimes devoid of any reference to the precarious streets, its strength [8] Big Poppa, One More Chance, Machine Gun Funk Warning or (especially dedicated to flatter the charisma of Notorious BIG) mix the nostalgic Things Done Changed or serious, powerful Ready to Die, Juicy Everyday Struggle. Critics never stop talking about major turning point: the rebirth of hip-hop, art as business, located in the East [9], largely because it is a massive public at a time when west coast productions flooded the market that Ready To Die brand spirits [2]. The year following the release of the album spends the native of Brooklyn. The Notorious BIG, whose sales of Ready To Die have provided a superstar status [9], is honored with a series of artistic awards: he won three Source Awards, the Billboard award rapper of the year and is gifted with the honorary title of "King of New York" by The Source