As a forerunner of the most violent type of "gangsta" rap, Christopher Wallace, who first became known as Biggie Smalls, then as Notorious B.I.G., became a symbol of the genre.
Biggie Smalls, also known as Notorious B.I.G., was also killed in a drive-by shooting.
But hey, I always did love a challenge and boy oh boy, did I get a biggie with encephalitis!
By the by, should Blackpool miss out on the biggie I'll eat floss with a donkey.
Combs signed Wallace, then known as Biggie Smalls, a name he chose for himself based on his height and weight, to record an album.
For more information about Christopher Wallace and his rap career as Biggie Smalls and later, Notorious B.I.G., go to the Internet Movie Database website.
He focuses on Enron which was the real biggie.
Like Biggie's Juicy, Nuthin' But a G Thang was the public's first introduction to a young rapper who would become one of the genre's biggest stars.
The club is reportedly located a few miles from Biggie's childhood home.
The late Biggie Smalls could fill up a greatest rap songs list all by himself, but Juicy - the single that introduced the talented MC to the world - has to come out on top.
The song was Biggie’s best selling single and not only became a landmark rap song but also a defining single of the 1990s.