I hired a location scout to find a graveyard. But the album, originally scheduled for a Halloween 1996 release, was pushed to ’97. He was just stating the facts from the other side of the grave.īad Boy Records had grand plans for Life After Death.
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He wore it full and proud, looking over his shoulder as if he already knew. He stared us in the face while leaning against a hearse that bore the license plate “B.I.G.” There were no sunglasses to hide his lazy eye. The album’s cover art featured the man formerly known as Biggie Smalls in a long black coat and black bowler. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the space of a week. It sold 700,000 hard copies almost immediately, jumping from No.
rose again: The double album Life After Death was released March 25. He was rushed to nearby Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and was pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m.
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The driver rolled down his window, drew his weapon and fired. A dark Chevrolet Impala SS pulled up along the passenger side. The SUV in which he was traveling stopped at a red light just 50 yards from the venue. It remains unsolved.Īt 12:30 a.m., Wallace left a Vibe magazine Soul Train Music Awards after-party at Los Angeles’ Petersen Automotive Museum. On March 9, 1997, Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G., was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Twenty years have passed, but the shock is still fresh - and still incomprehensible.
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