Lecture 20: The Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher George Latore Wallace, 1972-1997; a.k.a., Biggie Smalls) performs his powerful autobiographical Rap track “Juicy” from 1994. Like Tupac Shakur, Biggie experienced a violent end to his life. He was gunned down shortly after midnight on March 9, 1997, while stopped at a red light in Los Angeles. To this day, his murder has – like that of Shakur – never been solved. Note the forlorn quality of the song. Like Shakur’s “Dear Mama,” it contains a strangely prescient sadness.