Biggie, who was born Christopher Wallace in Brooklyn, signed with Bad Boy Records in 1993. His first album, "Ready to Die," has sold more than 6 million copies.

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On Biggie's funeral procession in Brooklyn Brooklyn woke up on the morning of March 9th to the news that you didn't even think was possible: Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.I.G. murdered in Los Angeles.

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I like to be on stage with that; it gives me that extra confidence and makes me feel like I’m one of those ’70s mega-hit stars, like a Stevie Wonder or a Marvin Gaye on stage but doing rap.

Then there's Biggie's mother, who seems to believe that hip-hop's regional dispute was behind her son's death. "All it was was a Puffy and Suge Knight war," says the Jamaican-born Wallace.

On Biggie's funeral procession in Brooklyn Brooklyn woke up on the morning of March 9th to the news that you didn't even think was possible: Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.I.G. murdered in Los Angeles.

Biggie was 22 when Ready to Die came out; it would be the only album released during his lifetime. He was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997, just two weeks before his ...

On Biggie's funeral procession in Brooklyn Brooklyn woke up on the morning of March 9th to the news that you didn't even think was possible: Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.I.G. murdered in Los Angeles.