Pallbearers wheel the casket containing rap star Biggie Smalls to a hearse after the funeral ... the legend’s name and some even recited lyrics in tribute to a man from Brooklyn who had touched ...

The musician — born Christopher George Latore Wallace on May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn, N.Y. and also known as Biggie Smalls — released his debut album Ready to Die in 1994 and posthumously ...

Biggie Smalls, born Christopher Wallace ... left an indelible impact on the rap industry. He was assassinated on March 9, 1997, gunned down in Los Angeles at the age of 24 while leaving an ...