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Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 â?? March 9, 1997), popularly known as
Biggie Smalls (after a
gangster in the 1975 film
Let's Do It Again),
[1] Big Poppa,
The Black Frank White (from the film
King of New York), and his primary
stage name,
The Notorious B.I.G., was an American
rapper
Biggie traveled to
California in February 1997 to promote his upcoming album and record a
music video for its lead single, "
Hypnotize". On March 5, 1997 Biggie gave a radio interview with
The Dog House on
KYLD in
San Francisco. In the interview he stated that he had hired security since he feared for his safety, but this was because he was a celebrity figure, not specifically a
rapper.
[31] Life After Death was scheduled for release on March 25, 1997. On March 8, 1997, he presented an award to
Toni Braxton at the 11th Annual
Soul Train Music Awards in
Los Angeles and was booed by some of the audience.
[24] After the ceremony, Biggie attended an after party hosted by
Vibe magazine and
Qwest Records at the
Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
[24] Other guests included
Faith Evans,
Sean "Puffy" Combs and members of the
Bloods and
Crips gangs.
[7]
On March 9, 1997, at around 12:30 a.m., Biggie left with his entourage in two
Chevy Suburbans to return to his hotel after an announcement was made that the party would finish early. Biggie traveled in the front passenger seat alongside his associates, Damion "D-Rock" Butler,
Junior M.A.F.I.A. member
Lil' Cease and driver, Gregory "G-Money" Young. Combs traveled in the other vehicle with three
bodyguards. The two trucks were trailed by a
Chevrolet Blazer carrying
Bad Boy's director of security.
[7]
By 12:45 a.m. the streets were crowded with people leaving the event. Biggie's truck stopped at a red light 50 yards (46 m) from the museum. A black Chevy Impala pulled up alongside Biggie's truck. The driver of the Impala (an African-American male neatly dressed in a blue suit and bow tie) rolled down his window, drew a 9 mm blue-steel pistol and fired numerous rounds into the GMC Suburban; four bullets hit Biggie in the chest.
[7] Biggie was rushed to
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by his entourage but was pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m.
Biggie's
murder remains unsolved and there are a plethora of theories as to the identities and motives of the murderers.