On March 9,1997: Christopher Wallace dies at the age
of 24
Rapper Notorious B.I.G.--born Christopher
Wallace--was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles at about
12:40 Sunday morning March 9, 1997. Little Ceaz and Wallace, 24,
was leaving a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum celebrating
the Friday night's Soul Train Music Awards when a car pulled alongside
his Chevrolet Suburban and multiple shots were fired, police said.
He was driven in his vehicle to a nearby hospital but died there
about a half hour later The death of Wallace, who also performed
as Biggie Smalls, recalled the still-unresolved murder of Tupac
Shakur in Las Vegas last September. While there was no immediate
evidence to connect the killings, Wallace and Shakur were enemies,
the epitome of the East Coast-West Coast tension in the rap world.
Shakur accused Wallace of involvement in a robbery outside a recording
studio in New York in 1994 in which Shakur was shot.
 The Notorious B.I.G, was honored
as rap artist of the year at the Billboard Music Awards in 1995;
his single "One More Chance/ Stay With Me" was named
best rap single that year.
NOTORIOUS B.I.G , has grabbed
the No 1 spot on the United States music charts with his new album
(Life After Death). The double album sold almost 690,000. copies
in previous week when some retailers violated its debut date,
a common occurrence in rapmusic. The album's official first week
tally is the the highest since the Beatles' double album (Anthology
1) debuted at the top of the charts with sales of 855,500 in November
1995.
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'Ready to Die' 230 K.
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