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PhotosBiggie’s Life in Photos: Honoring the 50th birthday of the Notorious B.I.G.By Joshua LynchPublishedMay 21, 2022UpdatedMay 21, 2022, 8:09 p.m. ET1 of 17Biggie Smalls, named Christopher
Wallace, was born on May 21, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York.Netflix2 of 17Biggie Smalls and fellow rapper Tupac first met in Los Angeles in 1993 after
Biggie asked his drug dealer to introduce him to the rapper.Al Pereira3 of 17Biggie Smalls, named Christopher Wallace, was born on May 21, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in
Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York.Getty Images4 of 17Biggie Smalls would end up featuring on Craig Mack’s (left) “Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)” — a single that stood out as one of Biggie’s greatest
guest appearances.Mediapunch/Shutterstock5 of 17Biggie poses for a photo, as he holds his daughter T’yanna Wallace.6 of 17Biggie Smalls and Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs perform at the International
Amphitheatre in Chicago in April 1995. Biggie Smalls was discovered by P. Diddy in 1992, as he would help the rapper get recognition from A&R and Uptown Records. Getty Images7 of 17Biggie
Smalls attends the 1995 Billboard Music Awards, where the rapper received a Billboard Music Award on December 6, 1995 in New York City, New York.WireImage8 of 17Biggie Smalls and Faith Evans
are shown together in Biggie Smalls’ Netlifx documentary “I Got a Story to Tell.”9 of 17Biggie Smalls kisses his mother, Voletta Wallace, on the cheek in a music video.Netflix10 of
17Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls mean mugs the camera, as he’s photographed in the offices of Arista Records in New York City in 1995.rtn/Mediapunch11 of 17Biggie Smalls’ 1995
performance at the second annual Summer Jam is listed as one of the most unforgettable Summer Jam performances in history.Getty Images12 of 17Biggie Smalls and Faith Evans are spotted next
to each other, as Biggie poses for the photo.Instagram13 of 17Biggie Smalls and P. Diddy attend the 11th annual Soul Train Music Awards on March 7, 1997, the same year they released their
hit record “Hypnotize” that became Biggie’s first single to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Ron Galella Collection via Getty14 of 17Biggie Smalls was known for ghost-writing for other
artists, and it’s known he wrote “Queen B*tch” for Lil’ Kim (left).Hugh Edwards/Shutterstock15 of 17Biggie Small’s fans, family and friends flooded the streets of Brooklyn after the rapper’s
funeral service on March 18, 1997, following his death on March 9, 1997.AFP via Getty Images16 of 17Police, neighbors, and fans wait and watch as the funeral caravan for rap artist Biggie
Smalls passes through the Brooklyn neighborhood of Clinton Hill.Corbis via Getty Images17 of 17A mural painted in honor of Biggie Smalls is spotted near the corner of Bedford Street and
Quincy Street, in Brooklyn, New York.Gregory P. MangoUp NextHappy 76th birthday to Goddess of Pop and award-winning actress Cher