History Music / TheNotoriousBig

-->Think about it now, thats damn near one-point-five\\

* ShortLivedBigImpact: He died at 25, leaving a profound influence on rap in his wake.

-->Think about it now, thats damn near one-point-five
-->I kill 'em all I'll be set for life, Frank pay attention
-->These motherfuckers is henchmen, renegades
-->If you die they still get paid, extra probably
-->Fuck a robbery, I'm the boss
-->Promise you won't rob 'em, I promise
-->But of course [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder you know I had my fingers crossed]]

* VillainProtagonist: "Gimme the Loot" and "Dead Wrong".

-->This album is dedicated to all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin', to all the people that lived above the buildings that I was hustlin' in front of that called the police on me when I was just tryin' to make some money to feed my daughters, and all the niggas' in the struggle, 'you know what I'm sayin'? ''It's all good baby baby...''
--->"Juicy"

* UglyGuyHotWife: [[http://eurthisnthat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/faithevansandbiggie4ccpb0.jpg His marriage with Faith Evans.]]

* TemptingFate: ''The names of Biggie's albums.'' I mean, look at it--''Ready to Die''[[note]]the only album he released alive[[/note]]? ''Life After Death''[[note]]released two weeks after Biggie was shot[[/note]]? '''''BORN AGAIN'''''[[note]]the first of two posthumous albums[[/note]]?!

* TemptingFate: ''The names of Biggie's albums.''

** Biggie and [[Music/WuTangClan Raekwon and Ghostface Killah]] were not on the best of terms while Biggie was alive, partly because Raekwon accused ''Ready to Die'' of plagiarising the cover of Nas' ''Illmatic''. Subliminal disses were traded back and forth on songs and album interludes as a result. For example, where Raekwon rhymes "That's life, to top it all off, beef for white[[hottip:*:While "white" here may simply refer to cocaine, Raekwon's delivery is such that "beef for white" may easily be heard as "beef with White", which, when one considers that Frank White was one of Biggie's many aliases, implies that they were in conflict]]/ Pulling bleach out, trying to throw it in my eyesight... Yo, what the fuck is on your mind?" in "Ice Water", Biggie replies with "Fuck that, why try? Throw bleach in your eye" in "Kick in the Door".

* RefugeInAudacity: "Dead Wrong" a song about Biggie breaking into someone's house and subsequently raping the women of the household, brutally assaulting the son, sodomizing the father with a broomstick, and calling himself more [[UpToEleven ruthless than Satan]],and once he finishes rapping Music/{{Eminem}} joins in on the action.

A movie about his life, ''Notorious'', was released on January 16th, 2009, starring rapper Jamal "Gravy" Woolard as the Notorious one himself. Not to be confused with [[{{Notorious}} the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name,]] not even for a minute.

** Biggie and [[Music/WuTangClan Raekwon and Ghostface Killah]] were not on the best of terms while Biggie was alive. Subliminal disses were traded back and forth on songs and album interludes as a result. For example, where Raekwon rhymes "That's life, to top it all off, beef for white[[hottip:*:While "white" here may simply refer to cocaine, Raekwon's delivery is such that "beef for white" may easily be heard as "beef with White", which, when one considers that Frank White was one of Biggie's many aliases, implies that they were in conflict]]/ Pulling bleach out, trying to throw it in my eyesight... Yo, what the fuck is on your mind?" in "Ice Water", Biggie replies with "Fuck that, why try? Throw bleach in your eye" in "Kick in the Door".

* {{Sampling}}: Biggie's song "Ten Crack Commandments" landed in some notable hot water over it because it sampled [[Music/PublicEnemy Chuck D]]'s counting from "Shut 'Em Down". Chuck sued Biggie's estate a year later, arguing that since he was StraightEdge and a [[DrugsAreBad critic of drug use]], it was injurious to his reputation to have his voice sampled in a song about, well, dealing crack.
** ''Ready to Die'' was pulled from shelves for a short while in 2004 due to a lawsuit about it sampling "Singing in the Morning" by Music/TheOhioPlayers without permission, but the matter was resolved quickly.

** According to Nas himself on the song "We Will Survive", their relationship was more of {{friendly rival|s}}ry than out-and-out conflict. NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead may be in effect in the song, however.

Unfortunately, Wallace became involved in the infamous West Coast/East Coast hip-hop quarrel. In 1994, TupacShakur, his former friend and associate, believed that Wallace, Combs and Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell had prior knowledge of a robbery in the same recording studio that Wallace and his entourage were in at the time of the incident that resulted in Shakur being shot repeatedly and losing thousands in jewelry. While they denied the accusations, Shakur signed onto Death Row Records in 1995, and Bad Boy Records and Death Row, now business rivals, became involved in an intense feud. Recording of Wallace's second album began in September 1995, although the 18-month process was frequently interrupted by not only the highly publicized dispute he was tangled up in, but injury and legal trouble, stemming from charges of second-degree harassment and possession of weapons and drugs.

* BettyAndVeronica: His well-publicized LoveTriangle between widow Faith Evans and LilKim, whom he had known for years before marrying Evans.

* BolivianArmyEnding: "Gimme The Loot" ends with the two robber protagonists engaging the police in a shootout. It's not outright stated, but the voice of who is most likely a police officer (actually an IceCube sample) shouting "Take that, motherfuckers!" implies that the cops win.

* ListSong: "The Ten Crack Commandments". It originally included a sample of Chuck D counting to ten from the PublicEnemy song "Shut 'Em Down", but Chuck, who is both StraightEdge and heavily critical of drug dealing, was so incensed at being sampled in a song about drug dealing that he sued to have it removed.

* [[EvilPowerVacuum Rap Power Vacuum]] Many cynical fans feel this is how {{Jay-Z}} rose to prominence.
* RefugeInAudacity: "Dead Wrong" a song about Biggie breaking into someone's house and subsequently raping the women of the household, brutally assaulting the son, sodomizing the father with a broomstick, and calling himself more [[UpToEleven ruthless than Satan]],and once he finishes rapping {{Eminem}} joins in on the action.

* SignatureSong: "Juicy", "Big Poppa" and "Hypnotize".
* TakeThat: While he rarely brought up names, several of his tracks had listeners wondering "Did he just diss {{Nas}}? Was that aimed at [[TupacShakur 2Pac]]?"
** According to Nas himself on the song "We Will Survive", their relationship was more of [[FriendlyRivals friendly rivalry]] than out-and-out conflict. NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead may be in effect in the song, however.
** Biggie and [[WuTangClan Raekwon and Ghostface Killah]] were not on the best of terms while Biggie was alive. Subliminal disses were traded back and forth on songs and album interludes as a result. For example, where Raekwon rhymes "That's life, to top it all off, beef for white[[hottip:*:While "white" here may simply refer to cocaine, Raekwon's delivery is such that "beef for white" may easily be heard as "beef with White", which, when one considers that Frank White was one of Biggie's many aliases, implies that they were in conflict]]/ Pulling bleach out, trying to throw it in my eyesight... Yo, what the fuck is on your mind?" in "Ice Water", Biggie replies with "Fuck that, why try? Throw bleach in your eye" in "Kick in the Door".

* TheMentor: To Junior M.A.F.I.A., including Lil' Kim. Sadly, this ended with MentorOccupationalHazard.

* DownerEnding - "Me and My Bitch" and "Suicidal Thoughts".

* ListSong: "The Ten Crack Commandments". It originally included a sample of Chuck D counting to ten from the PublicEnemy song "Shut 'Em Down", but he was so incensed at being sampled in a song about drug dealing that he sued to have it removed.

** Biggie and [[WuTangClan Raekwon and Ghostface Killah]] were not on the best of terms while Biggie was alive. Subliminal disses were traded back and forth on songs and album interludes as a result. For example, where Raekwon rhymes "That's life, to top it all off, beef for white[[hottip:*:While "white" here may simply refer to cocaine, Raekwon's delivery is such that "beef for white" may easily be misheard as "beef with White", which, when one considers that Frank White was one of Biggie's many aliases, implies that they were in conflict]]/ Pulling bleach out, trying to throw it in my eyesight... Yo, what the fuck is on your mind?" in "Ice Water", Biggie replies with "Fuck that, why try? Throw bleach in your eye" in "Kick in the Door".

* RefugeInAudacity: "Dead Wrong" a song about Biggie breaking into someone's house and subsequently raping the women of the household, brutally assaulting the son, sodomizing the father with a broomstick, and calling himself more [[BeyondTheImpossible ruthless than Satan]],and once he finishes rapping {{Eminem}} joins in on the action.

* BettyAndVeronica: His well-publicized LoveTriangle between then-wife Faith Evans and LilKim, whom he had known for years before marrying Evans.

* XanatosGambit: How Biggie escapes the predicament he gets into in "I Got A Story to Tell."

* Biopic: ''Notorious'', released in 2009. The film as a whole received mixed to positive reviews, but Jamal Woolward's performance was praised by nearly all who saw it.

* BioPic: ''Notorious'', released in 2009. The film as a whole received mixed to positive reviews, but Jamal Woolward's performance was praised by nearly all who saw it.