Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a fictional gangster in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again), Frank White (from the 1990 film King of New York),[1] and his primary stage name The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper.
On March 9, 1997, Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.
