The Tragic Shooting of The Notorious B.I.G
The Tragic Shooting of The Notorious B.I.G.: A Hip-Hop Mystery That Still Haunts the Industry On March 9, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest rappers of all time when Christopher Wallace, better known as The Notorious B.I.G., was gunned down in Los Angeles, California. The murder, which remains unsolved, marked the end of an era and intensified the already volatile tensions within hip-hop. The Night of the Shooting Biggie was in Los Angeles promoting his highly anticipated sophomore album, Life After Death. That night, he attended a VIBE Magazine and Bad Boy Records afterparty at the Petersen Automotive Museum. Around 12:30 a.m., the party was shut down by the fire department due to overcrowding, prompting Biggie and his entourage to leave. As Biggie rode in the front passenger seat of a GMC Suburban, a dark-colored Chevy Impala pulled […]