During his trip to North Carolina for a routine drug exchange, he ended up in jail and served for nine months behind bars. His music career began as a rapper during his teenage years. He had recorded hip hop tracks on a tape which was passed around and played at local radio stations in New York. With this, he became a central figure in the East Coast Hip Hop scene. He met Tupac Shakur , an MC from the West Coast, which soon he became friends with despite the dispute later on in their careers.
On March 9, , Christopher Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. He was 25 years old. Anderson was suspected in the murder but never charged. He was later gunned down himself in a gang-related shooting on May 29, The party ended around a. Three SUVs carrying Biggie, his entourage, and security left the venue.
He was also part of an infamous feud with his former friend and rapper, Tupac Shakur. When Shakur was shot during a robbery, he believed Smalls had orchestrated the incident. In , Shakur was shot dead and again, the finger was pointed at Smalls and his entourage.
Although there is no evidence that points to his involvement, the murder did intensify Smalls' fear for his own life. Per Black Past , Smalls was shot to death in his car when he and his entourage were returning from a party in Los Angeles on March 9, All she gotta do is finish school. Everything she wants, she'll get if she just finish school," he said.
T'yanna is a fashion designer and gave a nod to her dad with the name of her clothing line, calling it Notoriouss. As for Biggie's son, he's an actor who appeared in MTV's Scream and also played his dad in the biopic Notorious after his grandmother suggested he read for the role.
After I had my acting coach and really read through it, I started to find out things that I didn't know about him," he told Vibe in
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