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Ready to die which was one of his records sold over 500,000 copies in its first week alone and the song “juicy” was all over Mtv and the radio was playing his song 3 times every hour. He was making big money

What did he spend all his money on once he got that big check

“ Bad boy records was no longer considered a fledgling label”

Juicy was becoming the hottest track in the clubs and all of New York City talked about the notorious BIG.They questioned what B.I.G stood for and it was actually an acronym for“business instead of game” as he stated on the radio podcast.

When did biggie smalls Start to appear in the newspaper and magazine?

“I changed the name because there was a little white boy in Atlantic records named biggie smalls”

Money is a big thing and being able to get signed to a record label was huge for big. In 1989 NWA made up to 650,000 and that’s all big dreamt about. He was first offered 1500 to just perform 2 songs and he knew big things were coming for him.

How much did he make in a year when he went on tour ?

“As much as he would criticize him in later years , knight learned a lesson that ownership meant everything.”

Bigs hit song juicy just came out and the one room shack wanted to host him to come perform and sing for them.He didnt know if he wanted to do it because of how much he was getting paid. He figured it was a setup because he knew he had problems with people who go their regularly and wanted to fight him. Why did they want to fight him so bad ? “ once big got signed they seemed to gravitate toward each other”

Story right now is taking place around October 1991 . And Biggy is talking about how magic Johnson is shocking the world and how he was a big inspiration to him. Question : did biggy ever meet magic Johnson after he started to become a big rapper. “ with the music , the approach was equally simple - and brilliant”

At this point he’s an adult around 19-22 years old doing rap battles at local clubs and stuff like that . As one of his best friends as a Dj and his hype man he become good at free styling and learning how to compete under pressure. He was fresh dressed, and armed with a big smile. “He attracted people to him. And knew how to get them to do things for him” . Did he ever get paid for winning rap battles?

As he soon began to fall in love with rap he also liked artists like Christopher Wallace which was an artist of jazz at the time. It was weird because his friends didn’t listen to artists like him. Yes he did love hip hop but that wasn’t his only genre.”All of these influences filtered through his ears,shaping his ideas and opinions about music.” Did he ever play any musical instruments?

Recap of what had happened to the notorious BIG and his death.How his death helped shape the rap industry forever and how it has changed the way rappers view life and the way they make music.He was a inspiration to a lot of young listeners and an idol to other rappers now .

If he was still alive now would he still be making music ?

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