![]() Big Poppa – one of Wallace’s many nicknames – is also, against all odds, a ladies’ man, despite the fact that he was married. Big Poppa portrays a surprisingly lovable character, even if he does seem to be Hollywood’s idea of a Mafia kingpin. It’s backed by a sample of Mtume’s Juicy Fruit that gives an uplifting touch to the rapper’s rags-to-riches tale.īiggie’s second single was an immodest introduction that was unnecessary, given the success of his Juicy debut single and his album, Ready to Die. ![]() ![]() They were exaggerations, but they added drama to the tracks and revealed a gift for storytelling. His lyrics told of extreme struggle, near-starvation and missed Christmases. He began rapping as a teenager, and after leaving jail adopted the name Biggie Smalls and released a freestyle mixtape. He went on to have various run-ins with police and a stint in prison in 1991 for dealing drugs. He was born on in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood of Brooklyn, where he lived with his mother.
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