![]() ![]() Subsequent work including Get in Where You Fit In (1993), and Cocktails (1995), dealt with similar issues. With his 1988 release, Life Is.Too Short, he began infusing replayed established funk riffs (rather than samples) with his beats. Dangerous Music later changed names to Short Records, and then Up All Nite Records. founded the Dangerous Music record label to distribute his music regionally. This and his next three releases featured raw, simple drum beats using a LinnDrum drum machine in the early 1980s, switching to mostly the TR-808 and TR-909 by the mid-to-late 1980s. In 1983, Too Short released his first album, Don't Stop Rappin', on the local label 75 Girls. In the early 1980s, Short produced custom raps (called "special requests") for people with his high school friend, Freddy B. ![]() is regarded as one of the best lyricist ever in Hip-Hop along with his one time friend and eventual adversary, Tupac Shakur.Shaw was born in South Los Angeles, California, and raised in East Oakland, California during his teenage years. Soon after Bad Boy's premiere he released the album, Ready To Die, eventually selling over 4 million copies. ![]() Puffy eventually started his own music label, Bad Boy Records, bringing Biggie with him. Sean "Puffy" Combs got a hold of the demo tape and after meeting signed Biggie to Uptown Records. From there he got notice in Hip-Hop magazine, The Source, in the Unsigned Hype section. After making a demo tape with neighborhood friends and connections, this demo was eventually received DJ Mister Cee (from Big Daddy Kane). As a teen he would freestyle rap on the streets of Brooklyn. was shot to death from a drive-by in Los Angeles, CA on March 9, 1997.Īs a youth he was an honor-roll student, but dropped out of school at the age of 17 and began working for a small-time crack cocaine dealer in Virginia. He released two studio albums both garnering critical and public acclaim: 'Ready To Die' and 'Life After Death'. During his life he moved many crowds with his conversational style in Hip Hop. (Business Instead of Game) was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY on May 21, 1972. Notorious 'Christopher George Letore Wallace' B.I.G. ![]()
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