The Brooklyn-born rapper Notorious B.I.G. first gained attention for his work back in 92' on Mary J. Blige's "What's the 411?". When Brooklyn's own Christopher Wallace first got on wax with his own first single "Party and Bullshit" on 1993's "Who's The Man?" soundtrack, we only got a hint of what was to come from this rapper. Then Uptown Records executive Sean "Puffy" Combs signed Notorious B.I.G. to his fledging Bad Boy Records that year and history was written.
When he delivered his debut album, Ready to Die, in 1994, it became one of the most popular hip-hop releases of the year. In June of 1995, his single "One More Chance" debuted at number five in the pop singles chart, tying Michael Jackson's "Scream / Childhood" as the highest-debu
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