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scratch, and I don't think that because he was arrested, people will stop buying his albums (AP wire, March 18). Before pursuing his career as a vocalist, Combs was a business-minded Howard University student and an intern at Andre Harrell's Uptown Records. Combs soon became the A&R representative for Uptown. He then began producing for soon to be mega-stars Mary J. Blige, Heavy D., and Jodeci to name a few. After being let go

representative at Uptown Records named Sean Combs who eventually signed him. But Combs became unhappy at Uptown so he left to start his own record label at just 20 years old, named Bad Boy Records, and Biggie followed him there with a few others where Biggie released his first album Ready To Die, which ended up being a huge success. Although, after 2 2Pac shootings, one of which he died during, Biggie and Bad Boy Records received the blame for both from many. But Biggie and Bad Boy Records ignored it and

many others. Biggie's2 lyrical style consisted of loud yelling and hard-core lyrics that appealed to fans. One freestlyle that shows these skills is one that he did with Tupac at an underground3 concert. Later Puff Daddy4, CEO and manager of Bad Boy Records discovered Biggie and later in 1993 Biggie dropped5 his first

You might know him as one of his many monikers such as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or just Diddy but his real name is Sean Combs and he has been around and back in the music industry. Combs is an actor, entrepreneur, rapper, record producer, and a singer-songwriter. He has been a part of rap super groups, involved in coastal rivalries, gotten in trouble with the law, and received some honors and awards along the way. The hip hop industry would not be the same without this man and his many different involvements

born? They want it so bad that they are willing to die for it. Are you willing to die? Most people are not willing to sacrifice. They avoid pushing themselves to the extreme simply because of insecurity, low-self esteem, and laziness, which is why they continually operate at lower frequencies. Are you willing to die for what you want and what you believe in? XX. “Don’t Stop, Won’t Stop” “Don't stop, won't stop” is a popular catchphrase created by the Bad Boy record label CEO Sean “Puffy” Combs

Christopher Wallace a.k.a. Notorious B.IG. The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, was an American rapper. He was often considered by many as of the big best rappers of all time. Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn brought of New York City. Little about who Biggie Small is he was born on May 21,1972. He is the son of a Jamaican parents Voletta, a preschool teacher, and George Latore, a welder and a small-time politician. When Biggie small was growing up, he was raised in the poor neighborhood of Bedford-Study

Chris Jacobson Miss Lindquist English 101 15 November 2010 Fearless Rhymes To gaze into the lyrics of both Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur is like living in the ghettos of New York City where violence never stops. Both of these artists grew up seeing and living a life filled with violence. Gunshots and drive-byes, death and murder were a daily occurrence. Although the lyrics of both artists are simply telling their life stories and how hard it was to grow up in their “hoods” they contain

they never identified his killer. The rap star murder case as of today is still unsolved. Some of the possible theories Suge Knight former CEO of Death Row Records had a continuous feud with Sean Combs label founder of Bad Boy Records -Biggie Smalls label. It was believed that LAPD off duty officers were working security for Death Row Records and affiliation with gang member of Mob Piru Bloods. There was speculation that Suge Knight, a rogue police officer, L.A. Chief of Police and the LAPD all conspired

Hip-Hop industry between two prominent stars, Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G, also known as Biggie Smalls. Both were the biggest names in Hip-Hop. The rivalry split between the East Coast, led by Biggie Smalls and Bad Boy Records and the West Coast represented by Tupac and Death Row Records. Although the focal point between this feud was between the two Hip-Hop stars, the behavior of fans altered as they too were getting involved by choosing between the two sides. Nonetheless, both Tupac and Biggie

There are many speculations on why the blood turned bad, but the most logical answer is when Tupac was shot the first time. On November 30, 1994, Tupac and his crew went to to record an album. In the same building, several floors above where Pac was jumped, robbed, and shot, Biggie Smalls and Puff Daddy were recording a music video. Tupac and his friend Freddie were