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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. 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. 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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