At that time, his mother bailed him out by paying a hefty bond of 25 thousand dollars. However, he was arrested for drug dealing when he went to North Carolina to visit his friends. Furthermore, after winning different rap battles, he convinced himself to consider singing and rapping as his future career.Īt 17 years of age, Wallace dropped out of high school to pursue music. He often performed with several local groups, which helped him gain popularity among gangsta rap/music fans. Aka, Biggie ( Photo: Instagram)Īlso Read: Jaycee Shakur - Tupac's Death, Age, Daughter He Began His Music Journey As a Freestyle RapperĪround the same time, Wallace had also begun participating in freestyle rapping contests on the streets. By the age of 16, he was already making 2,000 dollars a week from drug dealing and had also started carrying guns. Alongside his studies, Wallace also continued with his drug-dealing lifestyle. However, he later transferred from there to join George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School. Although he was a brilliant student and hit mostly A’s in subjects like Maths and English, he got into drug dealing at only 12 years of age.Īfter middle school, Wallace attended Brooklyn’s Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. His mother had enrolled him into Queen of All Saints Middle School. Growing up in the Bed-Stuy area in the 1980s turned out to be a curse for Wallace. Thus, his mother single-handedly raised him in the Bed-Stuy area and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. When he was only two years old, his parents separated. He was born to his Jamaican immigrant father, George Latore, a politician and welder, and his mother, Loretta, a school teacher. Wallace took birth in Brooklyn, New York, on. Moreover, the music industry hailed him and fellow rapper Tupac Shakur as one of the most influential and greatest musicians. He was best known for his artful storytelling raps and rhymes. The Notorious Big was the stage name used by the late American rapper and musician Christopher George Latore Wallace. Moreover, people primarily remember him as the singer of the 1990s smash hit, ‘Big Poppa.’ The Notorious B.I.G., also famous as Biggie, was one of the greatest American gangsta rappers.
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