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The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997)

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Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, was born in Brooklyn, New York, May 21, 1972. He was raised in the poor Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant as the son of a preschool teacher. Dropping out of high school at the age of seventeen, Biggie became a crack dealer, which he proclaimed was his only source of income... See full bio »

Born:

Christopher George Letore Wallace
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died:

(age 24) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting (writer: "Big Poppa" / as Notorious B.I.G. / writer: "Hypnotize" / as Christopher Wallace / performer: "Hypnotize" / as Notorious B.I.G.)
 
2000-2012 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Eli Manning/Rihanna (2012) (writer: "Talk That Talk")
– Lucy Liu/Jay-Z (2000) (writer: "I Just Wanna Love U Give It 2 Me")
 
2010 One Night Stand (TV series short)
– Mac's Day Out (2010) ("Hypnotize")
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.319 (2010) (writer: "Juicy" - uncredited)
 
2009 Kill Your Darling (TV movie) ("N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S")
 
2009 Middle Men (writer: "Hypnotize" / as Christopher Wallace / performer: "Hypnotize")
 
2009 Brooklyn's Finest (writer: "Lovin' You Tonight" 1997 / as Christopher Wallace)
 
2009 Notorious (writer: "Born Again Intro", "Hypnotize", "Going Back to Cali", "Bed Stuy Brooklyn", "Suicidal Thoughts", "Every Day Struggle", "It's a Demo", "Party & Bullshit", "Machine Gun Funk", "Juicy", "Unbelievable", "Big Poppa", "Warning", "I Love the Dough", "Get Money", "Gimme the Loot", "Who Shot Ya", "Sky's the Limit" / as Christopher Wallace / lyrics: "Pimps & Macs" / as Christopher Wallace / performer: "Born Again Intro", "Hypnotize", "Going Back to Cali", "Ten Crack Commandments", "Suicidal Thoughts", "Machine Gun Funk", "Unbelievable", "Big Poppa", "I Love the Dough")
 
2008 Step Up 2: The Streets (writer: "Money in the Bank' / as Christopher Wallace)
 
2008 The Wackness (writer: "The What" / as Christopher Wallace / performer: "The What", "Can't Ya See" / as Notorious B.I.G.)
 
2008 First Sunday (writer: "Hit the Block")
 
2007 Superbad (writer: "Big Poppa" / as Notorious B.I.G. / performer: "Big Poppa" / as Notorious B.I.G.)
 
2006 The Eight (TV series)
– Tragedy (2006) (writer: "Sky's The Limit" - uncredited / performer: "Sky's The Limit" - uncredited)
 
2005 Prime (writer: "GET MONEY" / as Christopher Wallace)
 
2004 The Wire (TV series)
– Hamsterdam (2004) (writer: "My Downfall" / performer: "My Downfall")
 
2004 White Chicks (writer: "Niggas" / as Christopher Wallace / performer: "Niggas" / as Notorious B.I.G.)
 
2003 Tupac: Resurrection (documentary) (writer: "Runnin' Dying to Live" / performer: "Runnin' Dying to Live")
 
2002 8 Mile (writer: "Unbelievable", "Juicy", "Get Money", "Who Shot Ya", "Player's Anthem" / as Christopher Wallace / performer: "Unbelievable", "Juicy", "Who Shot Ya")
 
2002 All About the Benjamins (writer: "It's All About the Benjamins Remix" / as Notorious B.I.G. / performer: "It's All About the Benjamins Remix" / as Notorious B.I.G.)
 
2002 Biggie and Tupac (documentary) (writer: "Hypnotize", "Miss U", "Unbelievable", "Notorious B.I.G.", "Juicy" / performer: "Hypnotize", "Miss U", "Unbelievable", "Notorious B.I.G.", "Juicy")
 
2001 A Huey P. Newton Story (TV documentary) (writer: "Juicy")
 
2001 Freddy Got Fingered (writer: "I Just Wanna Love You Give It 2 Me" / as Christopher Wallace)
 
2001 Save the Last Dance (performer: "Only You" / "Only You" / as Christopher Wallace)
 
2000 Boiler Room (writer: "Things Done Changed")
 
2000 Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 1 (video) (writer: "Hypnotize" / performer: "Hypnotize")
 
1999 10 Things I Hate About You (writer: "Hypnotize" / performer: "Hypnotize")
 
1999 'Weird Al' Yankovic Live! (video) ("It's All About The Pentiums")
 
1998 Ride (writer: "Big Poppa", "Mo Money, Mo Problems" / as Notorious B.I.G. / performer: "Mo Money, Mo Problems")
 
1995 Martin (TV series)
– Blow, Baby, Blow (1995) (writer: "One More Chance Remix" / performer: "One More Chance Remix")
 
1995 Bad Boys (writer: "Da B Side" / performer: "Da B Side")
 
1993 Who's the Man? (writer: "Party and Bullshit" / as Big / performer: "Party and Bullshit" / as Big)
 
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2003 MTV Movie Special: Tupac Resurrection (TV special documentary short)
 
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2007 I Met the Walrus (documentary short) (special thanks - as Biggie Smalls)
 
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2004 Chronicles of Junior M.A.F.I.A. (video documentary)
Principle
 
2004 The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die - The Remaster (video short)
Himself
 
2004 Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits (video)
Himself (segments "Big Poppa", "Hypnotize" and "Mo' Money Mo' Problems")
 
2002 Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (video)
Himself (segment "Flava in Ya Ear Remix")
 
1997 Rhyme & Reason (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Martin (TV series)
Himself
– Blow, Baby, Blow (1995) … Himself
 
1995 The Show (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.299 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 MTV Spring Break: Lake Havasu (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1995 New York Undercover (TV series)
Himself
– You Get No Respect (1995) … Himself
 
1995 The 1995 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
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2011 Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2 (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Best of: BlacksInActionTV.Com (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Biggie Smalls: Rap Phenomenon (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Onyx: 15 Years of Videos, History & Violence (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life (documentary)
Himself
 
2006-2007 106 & Park Top 10 Live (TV series)
 
2007 Rap City (TV series)
 
2006 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
2006 The Come Up (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
2005 MTV Video Music Awards 2005 (TV special)
Himself - Video Performer
 
2005 Letter to the President (video documentary)
Himself (as Notorious B.I.G)
 
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Himself
 
2003 The Best of the Source Awards Vol. 1: Hip-Hop History (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Hip Hop Babylon 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Beef (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Tupac: Resurrection (documentary)
Himself (as Biggie Smalls)
 
2002 Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Biggie and Tupac (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
 
2001 HipHop Story: Tha Movie (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album, "Life After Death," Bad Boy/Arista/BMG Records 78612-73011, 1997. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | 8 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Notorious B.I.G | Biggie Smalls | Christopher Wallace

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

(On Tupac Shakur's death) I was more shocked than anything, you know what I'm sayin? I wasn't shocked at him dyin I was more shocked at him...Pac'a a strong dude, ya know I know dude, ya know what I'm sayin. He's real strong. So when they was like he got shot, I was just more like 'Again?' Heh. You know what I'm sayin... See more »

Trivia:

Was in fact originally good friends with Tupac Shakur. He would call Tupac, 'Duke' and Tupac would call him 'Christopher'. However when Tupac was shot five times and robbed by gang members linked to Biggie's Bad Boy records, the two had a fatal falling out. See more »

Trademark:

Fedoras and Kangol Hats See more »

Nickname:

B.I. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini