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The Notorious B.I.G.

American rapper (1972–1997)

  • Fame67.9
  • Momentum22.4
  • Wikipedia293.3K
Source-basedBreakout
Lived 1972–1997, aged 25United States
United StatesUnited StatesMusiciansSinger / Musician
  • Wikipedia
    64 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1972–1997
    Aged 25
  • Known for
    RBG
    2018
Summary
Updated 2026-09-03

Brooklyn-born Christopher Wallace turned street-corner storytelling into an art form that reshaped East Coast hip-hop in the mid-'90s. His laidback delivery made grim narratives feel like confessions you couldn't stop hearing, and his murder at twenty-four — six months after Tupac's, mid-feud — left a catalog that still moves 28 million copies.

Biography

About

Wallace grew up in Brooklyn and signed with Sean Combs's Bad Boy Records in 1993, the label's first artist. Ready to Die arrived in 1994 with "Juicy" and "Big Poppa," restoring East Coast prominence when the West dominated, and by 1995 he was Billboard's Rapper of the Year. Working on his second album, he fell into the East Coast–West Coast rivalry and a bitter split with former friend Tupac Shakur. After Shakur died in a Las Vegas drive-by in September 1996, rumors swirled about Wallace's involvement. Six months later, in March 1997, Wallace was shot and killed in Los Angeles, the shooter nev…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from The Notorious B.I.G.

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Lyrically I'm untouchable, uncrushable. Getting mad blunted in the S-500.
— "Think BIG"
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Kick in the door, waving the .44. All you heard was: "Poppa, don't hit me no more.
— "Kick in the Door"
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B-I-G P-O-P-P-A; no info for the DEA.
— "Mo' Money Mo' Problems"
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Goodness Gracious The Paper! Where the Cash at? Where the Stash at?
— "Gimme The Loot"
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You're just mad 'cause I got my dick sucked, and my balls licked.
— "Goin Back To Cali"
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Deep cuts

Albums

Low confidence
  • Doing It Real Big
    2015
  • Unsolved
    2002
  • Dead Wrong / Whoa
    1999
  • East & West Coast Rival
    1996
Where to find them

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By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
67.9
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum22.4
Historical34.6
Now attention65.4
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence