Christopher Wallace

“Immediately, The Notorious B.I.G., as he now called himself, got to work, appearing on a 1993 remix of Mary J. Blige's single, "Real Love," and followed it up with a second Blige remix, "What's the 411?" His debut as a solo artist came with the single, "Party and Bullshit," on the soundtrack to the film, who’s the Man? (1993).In 1994, The Notorious B.I.G. released his debut album, “Ready to Die”, which told the story of his life, from drug dealer to rapper. Later on down biggie mad many albums and music with Tupac, Mary .j Blige’s, Michael Jackson, and R-Kelly. Biggie still had some troubles when he was but he kept going”. (http://www.biography.com/people/biggie-smalls-20866735)

There are many conspiracy theories concerning the life and death of Tupac Shakur. Tupac Amaru Shakur was an American rapper and actor. Tupac was born New York, New York, United States on 16 June 1971. His birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks. Tupac was killed on September 13, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada. There have been many different stories about his death. People say he is still alive and then people said he is dead. There have also been people saying his death was caused because of his music and the Illuminati killed him.

That's when Tupac began to hang out with the wrong crowd. When he turned 15, he fell into rap, and started writing lyrics, forming his New York background for all it was worth. He called himself Mc New York and made people believe he was a tough guy. By the time Tupac was 20 he had been arrested eight times, and served eight months in prison, after being convicted of sexual abuse.

There is little question that he came from the streets, but this had been a growing comparison among the correlation of hip hop and the crack generation. “Not only did black teenagers in similar situations relate to what Eazy was talking about, but white suburban kids fantasized about being in his situation” (Eriewine).

Christopher George Latore Wallace or also known as Biggie Smalls was a rapper that had an effect on a lot of people. Biggie was raised in Brooklyn when he released his debut album Ready to die in 1994 he became a symbol in the hip hop scene. On March 9, 1997 Biggie was killed in a drive by shooting. Before this happened he was a business party and was being driven back to his hotel. When his car pulled up to a stop light, someone yelled to him and he lowered his window and someone pointed a pistol at him, they fired four shots right into his chest and drove away. (2015) According to the investigation there were three vehicles in the entourage. The first car head Sean Combs or also known as P.Diddy then in B.I.G’s Chevy in the back seat sat two of his friends James Lil Caesar Lloyd and

Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls and The Notorious BIG, was a New York rapper. When he released his debut album Ready to Die in 1994, he became a large figure in the East Coast hip hop scene and increased New York's size in the rap genre at a time when West Coast hip hop rap was dominant in the mainstream. While recording his second album, Wallace was heavily involved in the growing East Coast versus West Coast hip hop feud.On March 9, 1997, Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. Biggie smalls was assassinated due to gang violence and the increasing hostility of the rap genre, but many think the murder was justified due to the dangerous and explicit music he produced over his career.

he history of rap has so many unforgettable legends such as Nas and Jay-Z and that is just two that are alive. What about the amazing artist that are no longer with us? Some of the great, highly known rappers are Iggy Azalea and Tupac Shakur. They both have given the world lyrics that have change lives and have given advice to some many people of youth. Tupac is the type of artist that is a big spokesperson on racism, abuse, poverty, and etc. Tupac believed in defending yourself and becoming violent to protect your people. Iggy music is very spunky and energizing in which she symbolizes excitement and having a good time. They both are very wise spoken artist who were very in touch with their fans and others. Which one was better Tupac

Instead of going to high school, he began to hang out in the streets of Baltimore and had gone into various situations where he was being dealt by the police. After he had ended up in juvenile detention, since he had several children at the age of eighteen, he dropped out of high school and decides to go to Job Corps in order to complete his GED for his family. However, after recognizing the limited amount of support he received from the job, he had gone back into selling drugs in order to support his family. At this point, the result of the lack of nurture started to affect his life choices. After he decides to go back into the drug dealing scene, there was an incident where a marauder stole $438,000 worth of watches and jewels from the store which had ended with an officer being killed.

His parents were immigrants from Haiti, and because of their low economically status they lived in the Golden Acres projects of Pompano. Which has a reputation of producing great football stars such Patrick Peterson, Lamar Jackson and James Jones. Octave earned the nickname “Lil Black” at an early age due his dark skin color. His passion for music began at the age of twelve and he started rapping with the local group called Brutal Youngnz. During his teenager years, Octave’s father walked out on him and his mother, which forced him to become the man of the family. He eventually started robbing as a way to provide for himself and his family. Kodak’s biggest inspiration was a Southside Louisiana named Boosie Badazz, who also faced similar struggles as Octave did, such as being impoverish, living government housing and stealing to make ends meet. Octave believed if his idol could have successful career in such a vicious dog-eat-dog industry, so could he. As Octave become older he mastered his rapping skills, becoming more fluent in his delivery, developing clever punch lines and creating his rap style and identity. As his familiarity with music progressed, he joined a very popular and admired local rap group from Broward County, called the Kolyons. Octaves criminal activity also caught up with him, he was placed into a juvenile detention center three times in

He was recording “Power of the Dollar” and came across rapper Jeffrey Atkins, also known as Ja Rule. They got into a fight when they were both staying at the same motel and ran into each other. In May 2000, he was shot 9 times sitting in his car in front of his grandmother’s house. One of the bullets went in his mouth knocking out one of his teeth. (Marcovitz 24)

bail to get Tupac out of prison. He immediately flew off to Los Angeles to record his fourth album. In an apparent attempt to further enrage the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac said that he had slept with the rapper’s wife, Faith Evans. She denied this allegation. Tupac added more fuel to the Bad Boy (B.I.G. ‘s record label) vs. Death Row feud when he released the music videos 2 of Americas Most Wanted and later Hit ‘Em Up, which both assassinated the character of Bad Boy Records, B.I.G., Sean “Puffy” Combs (B.I.G.’s best friend), and others on the Bad Boy label. He returned to

Christopher George Latore Wallace who is better known as B.I.G or Biggie or Biggie Smalls. Who was raised in Brooklyn New York, Biggie was known to be the central figure in the east coast. On March 9, 1997, Biggie was killed in a drive by shooting. (enm.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Notorious Big).

He was arrested in Los Angeles for carrying a concealed weapon, was implicated in the shooting deaths of two undercover policemen and was convicted of sexual assault. In November 1994, in a much publicized incident, Shakur was shot four times while entering a New York recording studio and robbed of $40, 000 in jewelry. The following month he was sentenced to prison for the sexual assault conviction. After spending eight months in jail, his case was appealed and head of Death Row Records, Suge Knight, bailed Tupac out of jail. This also brought about the opportunity to sign him with Death Row Records.

     From the beginning Death Row Records was like a family, according to Dr. Dre. With acts like Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, and Warren G, Death Row

Dwayne Carter also known as Lil Wayne a very successful rapper ran into trouble on the streets of Manhattan in 2007. The police had pulled over the tour bus