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Big Pun(isher), born Christopher Lee Carlos Rios (November 10, 1971–February 7, 2000), was an Afro-Latino rapper. The child of Puerto Rican immigrants, he was based mostly in the Bronx and released three main albums, only one of which came out before his death. He is noted for having a very direct, clear and commanding delivery along with clever and often intimidating lyrics. Despite being morbidly obese (which ultimately led to his demise), he was capable of long, seemingly breathless performances.

Big Pun(isher), born Christopher Lee Carlos Rios (November 10, 1971–February 7, 2000), was an Afro-Latino rapper. The child of Puerto Rican immigrants, he was based mostly in the Bronx and released three main albums, only one of which came out before his death. He is noted for having a very direct, clear and commanding delivery along with clever and often intimidating lyrics. Despite being morbidly obese (which ultimately lead to his demise), he was capable of long, seemingly breathless performances.

* Literature/TheBible: Despite being a "lapsed" Catholic, some of his tracks have Biblical references.

Big Pun(isher), born Christopher Lee Carlos Rios (November 10, 1971–February 7, 2000), was a black Latino rapper. Based mostly in the Bronx, the black Puerto Rican released three main albums, only one of which came out before his death. He is noted for having a very direct, clear and commanding delivery along with clever and often intimidating lyrics. Despite being morbidly obese (which ultimately lead to his demise), he was capable of long, seemingly breathless performances.

* DoubleEntendre: Used cleverly on the radio edits of "I'm Not a Player"/"Still Not a Player". "Crush" is used as an euphemism for "fuck", however, considering that Pun was over 400 pounds at his heaviest, he likely was ''literally'' crushing anyone he had sex with.

* ForTheEvulz

* {{Acrofatic}}: "400 pounds/but I move fast."

* Double Entendre: Used cleverly on the radio edits of "I'm Not a Player"/"Still Not a Player". "Crush" is used as an euphemism for "fuck", however, considering that Pun was over 400 pounds at his heaviest, he likely was ''literally'' crushing anyone he had sex with.

* {{Acrofatic}}: "400 pounds/but I move fast"

* GangstaRap: Big Pun has a lot of stories about thuggin' in the "South Boogie"

* ShoutOut: His stage name to the Creator/MarvelComics character Frank "Punisher" Castle. Lampshaded in a sketch in which children describe Frank as a "7-foot Terminator nigga" and ComicBook/XMen as "baby stuff holmes".

* RockMeAmadeus!: A fairly subtle example, but the main riff in "The Dream Shatterer" is sampled from the opening riff of RideOfTheValkyries.

* TheCameo: SnoopDogg shows up in the music video for "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)", this is due to the original "Deep Cover" by Dr. Dre being Snoop Dogg's first major appearance on a song.

* ShoutOut: His stage name to the MarvelComics character Frank "Punisher" Castle. Lampshaded in a sketch in which children describe Frank as a "7-foot Terminator nigga" and ComicBook/XMen as "baby stuff holmes".

* ShoutOut: His stage name to the MarvelComics character Frank "Punisher" Castle. Lampshaded in a sketch in which children describe Frank as a "7-foot Terminator nigga" and ComicBook/{{X-Men}} as "baby stuff holmes".

* OneOfUs: Back before he made it big and was dealing with family problems, he took his aggression out by playing videogames. His favorite was a certain BeatEmUp in which [[BadDudes the President has been kidnapped by ninjas]].

Big Pun(isher), born Christopher Lee Carlos Rios (November 10, 1971–February 7, 2000), was one of the first Puerto Rican rappers to take off in American hip-hop. Based mostly in the Bronx, he released three main albums, only one of which came out before his death. He is noted for having a very direct, clear and commanding delivery along with clever and often intimidating lyrics. Despite being morbidly obese (which ultimately lead to his demise), he was capable of long, seemingly breathless performances.

Big Pun(isher), born Christopher Lee Carlos Rios (November 10, 1971–February 7, 2000), was one of the first Puerto Rican rappers to take off in American hip-hop. Based mostly in the Bronx, he released three main albums, only one of which came out before his death. He is noted for having a very direct, clear and commanding delivery along with clever and often intimidating lyrics. Despite being obese (which lead to his demise), he was capable of long, seemingly breathless performances.

* XMeetsY: TheNotoriousBIG meets Kool G Rap.

* {{Horrorcore}}: ''Leatherface''. He also likes to rap about chainsaw attacks in many of his songs and considers himself "Charles Manson in the flesh".

* SignatureSong: "Still Not a Player", "Punish Me" and "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)".

* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangsta: Deconstructed in "Boomerang".

Big Pun, born Christopher Lee Carlos Rios (November 10, 1971–February 7, 2000), was one of the first Puerto Rican rappers to take off in American hip-hop. Based mostly in the Bronx, he released three main albums, only one of which came out before his death. He is noted for having a very direct, clear and commanding delivery along with clever and often intimidating lyrics. Despite being obese (which lead to his demise), he was capable of long, seemingly breathless performances.

* ShoutOut: His stage name to the MarvelComics character Frank "Punisher" Castle. Lampshaded in a sketch in which children describe Frank as a "7-foot Terminator nigga" and {{X-Men}} as "baby stuff holmes".

* TheBible: Despite being a "lapsed" Catholic, some of his tracks have Biblical references.