The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur Thesis Statement The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur were two of the greatest rappers of all time. They are the most looked up to, revered, and respected artists in all of rap history. They shall be missed for generations to come. Limitations 1. This term paper will talk about Christopher Wallace aka The Notorious B.I.G. life as a rapper and a drug dealer. 2.This term paper will talk about Tupac Shakur's life as a rapper. 3

Smalls? The notorious B.I.G was a well-known rapper that represented the east coast area. As the rapper took set and headed off to many parties, little did anyone know of the trouble that was ahead. There has been beef with the west coast rappers and the east coast rappers for a good amount of time. Biggie was up against a lot even the world known rapper and librarian known as Tupac Schurz. There was neuromas amounts of people that was on the street past midnight, when B.I.G. was shot to death

Owen Shields English IV 22 September 2015 The History of Hip-Hop and Rap The controversy of Hip-Hop and Rap being that it is “only about violence” or “uninfluential” is one that has been around since the eighties. But is it really all about violence, sex, drugs, or protest? Yes, there are rap groups that only rap about violence, sex, drugs, or protest, but that is a genre called “trap” music. When mentioning of the original artists in the trap music genre, rappers such as Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci

until this day, the “Earth Song” will remain relevant until the world is healed of our mismanagement. Also during the late 1990’s, another movement was starting to begin in the Hip-Hop industry between two prominent stars, Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G, also known as Biggie Smalls. Both were the biggest names in Hip-Hop. The rivalry split between the East Coast, led by Biggie Smalls and Bad Boy Records and the West Coast represented by Tupac and Death Row Records. Although the focal point between

Hip-hop, to young blacks and the recently paroled, was a means of leaving the streets and a life of poverty ("Remembering the Golden Age of Hip-hop."). He took to rapping on street corners, which was also a popular thing to do at the time ("Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life"). The biggest opportunity of his life was probably Sean “Puffy” Combs’ insistence that he be signed to a record deal. But why Biggie Smalls and not the countless other young rappers, such as Chico Del Vec and Lonnie “Common”

Christopher Wallace a.k.a. Notorious B.IG. The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, was an American rapper. He was often considered by many as of the big best rappers of all time. Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn brought of New York City. Little about who Biggie Small is he was born on May 21,1972. He is the son of a Jamaican parents Voletta, a preschool teacher, and George Latore, a welder and a small-time politician. When Biggie small was growing up, he was raised in the poor neighborhood of Bedford-Study

The Notorious B.I.G.: A Biography is a fantastic book suited for any Hip Hop fans across the country, describing his life at such a high level that not many could top. The book went through his entire life before his music career all the way to his death, and was 122 pages well spent. This nonfiction book was created by Holly Lang, a freelance writer and editor who started off her career as a reporter for the Birmingham Post-Herald and the Associated Press. She is the founding editor of Pine Magazine

[Background - No Came and Notorious B.I.G.] Talk is Cheap, Uh Huh Talk is unneeded, Uh Huh Talk is ludicrous, Uh Huh Uh Huh (plays throughout song) (3x) Damn nigga, I gets down With all what da hater says I gets down Damn in my own league I gets down, nigga I gets down, nigga, I gets down Verse 1 No Came What makes positive-routed, good children, and polite children go out and do wrong Cause the jails cover zero, you could throw an interception too long That’s like an incomplete pass or unopen

A couple of weeks ago founder of Bad Boy Records Puff Daddy posted a couple of videos of rappers such as Fabolous, Pusha T, Jadakiss, TIP, & more spitting some classic verses of his late friend & hip hop legend The Notorious B.I.G. on Instagram in memory of his passing on March 9th, 1997. Seeing those videos was just another reminder of why one of Brooklyn's finest finds his way into a plethora of Top 5 MC's list. Though the 20th anniversary of Biggie's death is not the only thing we remember about

and its benefits socially and educationally improves our society. Since the beginning of the 1990s, when East Coast-West Coast rivalry was becoming intense and ended up with the death of two of the greatest hip hop artists, Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G, rap’s influence on our society has been argued. Many claim that rap negatively effects the education of the youth. However, the studies which claim this thesis are not taking the impacts of external factors such as peer groups, other media sources