The musician — born Christopher George Latore Wallace on May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn, N.Y. and also known as Biggie Smalls — released ... afterparty when he was shot and killed by an assailant ...

The death of The Notorious B.I.G., or Biggie Smalls, marked a dark period in music history. On March 9, 1997, the rapper, ...

Later that night, Biggie Smalls would be gunned down and killed ... It included hit songs like “Dead Wrong,” “Who Shot Ya?” and “Notorious B.I.G.” Posters for Rap Pages magazine ...

Rapper Notorious B.I.G. AKA Biggie Smalls (Christopher Wallace) receives Billboard Music Award on December 6, 1995 at The Coliseum in New York City.

When Biggie released the song "Who Shot Ya?" Tupac allegedly interpreted it ... “At the time that Biggie Smalls was killed, Suge Knight was in the county jail,” Kading said.