Rapper Notorious BIG, born as Christopher Wallace, was killed in a drive by shooting in LA at about 12:40 Sunday morning on March 9th, 1997. Lil Ceaz and Wallace were leaving a party at the Peterson Automotive Museum celebrating the Friday night's Soul Train Music Awards when a car pulled alongside his Chevy Suburban and he was shot 4 times. He was driven in his vehicle to a nearby hospital but died about a half hour later. The death of Wallace recalled the unsolved murder of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in September of 1996. While there was no immediate evidence to connect the killings, Wallace and Shakur were enemies. They were the main reason of the East Coast Vs West Coast tension in the rap world of their time. Shakur accused Wallace of involvement in a robbery outside a recording studio in New York in 1994 in which Shakur was shot.
In 1995, The Notorious BIG was honored as rap artist of the year at the Billboard Music Awards; his single "One more Chance" was named best rap single that year.
NOTORIOUS B.I.G , has grabbed the No 1 spot on the United States music charts with his new album (Life After Death). The double album sold almost 690,000. copies in previous week when some retailers violated its debut date, a common occurrence in rapmusic. The album's official first week tally is the the highest since the Beatles' double album (Anthology 1) debuted at the top of the charts with sales of 855,500 in November 1995.
Biggy Will always be in his fans heart's forever, he truly touched us all in some way. R.I.P Notorious BIG 1972-1996
