1994: Ready to Die and marriage to Faith EvansĪround the time of the album's release, Wallace became friends with a fellow rapper named Tupac Shakur. In July 1994, he appeared alongside LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes on a remix to label mate Craig Mack's 'Flava in Ya Ear', which reached No. In April 1993, his solo track, 'Party and Bullshit', appeared on the Who's the Man? soundtrack. He continued this success, to a lesser extent, on remixes with Neneh Cherry ('Buddy X') and reggae artist Super Cat ('Dolly My Baby', also featuring Combs) in 1993. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was followed by a remix of Blige's 'What's the 411?'.
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He recorded under this name for the remainder of his career, after finding the original moniker 'Biggie Smalls' was already in use. Later in the year, Wallace, recording as the Notorious B.I.G., gained exposure after featuring on a remix to Mary J. Once Combs discovered this, he forced Wallace to quit. He continued selling drugs after the birth to support his daughter financially. He promised her 'everything she wanted', saying that if his mother had promised him the same he would have graduated at the top of his class. Despite having dropped out of high school himself, Wallace wanted his daughter to complete her education. Wallace had split with the girlfriend some time before T'yanna's birth. On August 8, 1993, Wallace's longtime girlfriend gave birth to his first child, T'yanna. Wallace followed and signed to the label in mid-1992. Soon after Wallace signed his recording contract, Combs was fired from Uptown and started a new label, Bad Boy Records. He was signed to Uptown immediately and made an appearance on label mates Heavy D & the Boyz's 'A Buncha Niggas' (from the album Blue Funk). The demo tape was heard by Uptown RecordsA&R and record producer Sean Combs, who arranged for a meeting with Wallace. In March 1992, Wallace was featured in The Source 's Unsigned Hype column, dedicated to aspiring rappers, and made a recording off the back of this success. However, it was promoted by New York-based DJ Mister Cee, who had previously worked with Big Daddy Kane, and in 1992 it was heard by the editor of The Source. The tape was reportedly made with no serious intent of getting a recording deal. 1991â∱994: Early career and first childĪfter being released from jail, Wallace made a demo tape called 'Microphone Murderer', under the name Biggie Smalls, a reference to a character in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again as well as his stature he stood at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and weighed 300 to 380 lb (140â∱70 kg) according to differing accounts. He spent nine months in jail before making bail.
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A year later, Wallace was arrested in North Carolina for dealing crack cocaine. In 1990, he was arrested on a violation of his probation. In 1989, he was arrested on weapons charges in Brooklyn and sentenced to five years' probation. At age 17, Wallace dropped out of school and became more involved in crime. According to his mother, Wallace was still a good student but developed a 'smart-ass' attitude at the new school. At his request, Wallace transferred from Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School to George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, where future rappers DMX, Jay-Z, and Busta Rhymes were also attending. He began rapping as a teenager, entertaining people on the streets, and performed with local groups the Old Gold Brothers and the Techniques.
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His mother, often away at work, did not know of his drug dealing until he was an adult. Wallace said he started dealing drugs when he was around the age of 12. He was nicknamed 'Big' because he was overweight by the age of 10. Wallace excelled at Queen of All Saints Middle School winning several awards as an English student. James Place in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill, near the border with Bedford-Stuyvesant. His father left the family when Wallace was two years old, and his mother worked two jobs while raising him. His mother, Voletta Wallace, was a preschool teacher, while his father, Selwyn George Latore, was a welder and politician. Mary's Hospital in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on May 21, 1972, the only child of Jamaican immigrant parents.