URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Christopher George Latore
Variants
- Notorious B.I.G. (Musician)
- B.I.G. (Musician)
- B.I.G., 1972-1997
- B.I.G., Notorious, 1972-1997
- Biggie Smalls (Musician)
- Smalls, Biggie, 1972-1997
- Smallz, Biggy, 1972-1997
- Wallace, Chris (Musician)
- Wallace, Chris, 1972-1997
- Wallace, Christopher G., 1972-1997
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1972-05-21
Death Date
- 1997-03-09
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group
Descriptor
- African Americans
Birth Place
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(wikidata) Hip hop music
Occupation
(wikidata) Rapper
(wikidata) Songwriter
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Notorious B.I.G. (Musician)
Sources
- found: Total, p1996:label (The Notorious B.I.G.)
- found: All music guide, online ed., c1996(real name Chris Wallace; Brooklyn-born rapper)
- found: New York times, Mar. 10, 1997:p. A10 (Notorious B.I.G., gangsta rapper, 24, d. Mar. 9, 1997, Los Angeles; real name, Christopher G. Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls)
- found: All music guide, May 15, 2000(The Notorious B.I.G., b. May 21, 1972)
- found: Scott, C. The murder of Biggie Smalls, 2000:CIP galley (Biggie Smalls a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G.; B.I.G.)
- found: Notorious B.I.G. Nobody rides for free, 1990?:label (Biggy Smallz)
- found: African American National Biography, accessed March 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Notorious B. I. G.; Christopher George Latore Wallace; hip hop/rap artist; born 21 May 1972 in Brooklyn, New York; studied at Catholic schools in Brooklyn; focused on music, gangsta rap; the Unsigned Hype column at the urban magazine Source became his first public notice (March, 1992); his first single was Party and Bullshit; started own label Bad Boy Entertainment, Biggie Smalls (performance name); first album was Ready to Die (1994), became Notorious B.I.G.; celebrity came with Big Poppa (1994), One More Chance (1995) singles; was shot 9 March 1997 in Los Angeles, California; his album Life after Death was posthumously released one week later, entered Billboard 200 at number 1)
LC Classification
- ML420.N76
Editorial Notes
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Change Notes
- 1996-06-20: new
- 2023-08-08: revised
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