Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.
1997 murder of an American musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The American rapper Christopher Wallace, better known as the Notorious B.I.G., was murdered in a drive-by shooting in the early hours of March 9, 1997 in Los Angeles, California. He was 24 years old. Prior to the event, Wallace promoted his second studio album Life After Death, and attended an after-party in Los Angeles instead of traveling to London.
Murder of The Notorious B.I.G. | |
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Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Coordinates | 34°03′46.0″N 118°21′41.2″W |
Date | March 9, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-03-09) 12:47 a.m. PST (UTC−08:00) |
Target | Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. "The Notorious B.I.G." |
Attack type | Murder by drive-by shooting, assassination |
Weapon | Blue-steel 9mm pistol (exact model and brand unknown) |
Deaths | 1 (Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. "The Notorious B.I.G.") |
Perpetrators | Unconfirmed |
In 2007, Wallace's mother, Voletta Wallace; his widow, Faith Evans; and his children, T'yanna Jackson and Christopher Jordan "CJ" Wallace, filed a $400 million second wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) alleging that corrupt officers were responsible for Wallace's death.[1] Retired LAPD officer Greg Kading alleged that Marion "Suge" Knight, the head of Death Row Records, orchestrated the murder in revenge for the September 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur in a similar drive-by shooting.[2]