Christopher George Latore Wallace III was born on 21st May 1972, in New York City, USA and was a rapper, considered one of the greatest of all time and so one of the most influential. The letters “B.I.G.” stand for the saying “Business Instead of Game”. He had been active in the entertainment industry from 1992 to 1997, when he was murdered.
How much was the net worth of the Notorious B.I.G.? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth was as much as $20 million, converted to the present day. Music was the major source of the Notorious B.I.G.’s fortune.
The Notorious B.I.G. (rapper) Net Worth $20 million
To begin with, the boy was raised in Brooklyn, raised by his single mother after his father left the family when he was two years old. At the age of 12 he was already drug-dealing around Bedford-Stuyvesant, but abandoned his criminal life, he eventually realized his dream of becoming a rapper.
Concerning his professional career, B.I.G. recorded a demo produced by Sean Combs, and then released the critically acclaimed album “Ready to Die” in 1994, and became a main figure in the rap genre, as the album reached 13th position on the Billboard 200, and was eventually certified platinum four times. In 1995, the group of The Notorious B.I.G., Junior MAFIA consisting of friends from his youth and included rappers such as Lil ‘Kim and Lil’ Cease – who subsequently went further with their solo careers – released their debut album “Conspiracy”. His biggest rival was Tupac Shakur, a rapper from California, who was originally a good friend of The Notorious B.I.G., but when Tupac was murdered in 1996, everyone’s eyes were targeted on B.I.G., as Tupac shortly before had crashed about his affair with Biggie’s wife Faith Evans. He was part of the east coast hip-hop scene, and became involved in the feud between east coast and west coast hip-hop.
However, on 9th March 1997, The Notorious B.I.G. was killed when he was hit by four bullets in the chest, after leaving a party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records for the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles. The crime has not been resolved to date. Two weeks after his death his second album was released, which was given the title “Life After Death”, and became number one on the American hit parade with 10 million copies sold. At the end of 1997, Puff Daddy together with B.I.G.’s widow Faith Evans and the R & B group 112, recorded the song “I’ll be Missing You” a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G., which became a big hit. Posthumously some singles of The Notorious B.I.G. were also released, of which “Mo ‘money mo’ problems” became the biggest hit.
In 1999 a posthumous album – “Born Again” – was released too, and in 2001, The Notorious B.I.G. appeared on the album “Invincible” by Michael Jackson. At the end of 2005, a second tribute album was released – “Duets: The Final Chapter”, also known as “The Biggie Duets”. In 2009, a biographical film was made about his life, entitled “Notorious”.
Finally, in the personal life of the rapper, The Notorious B.I.G. was married to singer Faith Evans from 1994 until his death.
