NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - Before They Were GONE

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BEFORE The Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album ‘Ready to Die’ would go on to sell 4 million copies.
BEFORE he was nominated for a Grammy for his track ‘Big Poppa’
BEFORE there was ever an East Coast-West Coast feud.
BEFORE ‘Born Again’ would be released after his passing enabling Biggie to work with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, Method Man, and Busta Rhymes from beyond the grave.
BEFORE he hooked up with Lil Kim but married Faith Evans.
As a youngster Christopher was a model student winning awards for his remarkable talents in English, but it was the streets where he felt most at home. His friend took to calling him Big but as an aspiring rapper and drug dealer he adopted the name Biggie Smalls, a reference to a character in the 1975 film ‘Let’s Do It Again’. He went to school with other rappers DMX, Jay Z, anfd Busta Rhymes but didn’t collaborate or work with them. Biggie was busy on the street selling crack from as young as 12, he was arrested at 17 and then decided to focus more on his musical ambitions performing on the street and recording demos in his mama’s basement. 5 years later he would be a global icon but he found little peace while on top, consumed with paranoia always looking over his shoulder. His suspicions were justified with him being the victim of a drive by shooting outside the Soul Train Awards in Las Angeles on March 9th, 1997. The case has never been solved, he died when he was only 24 years old.
My name is Michael McCrudden documenting the life of The Notorious B.I.G. life, prior to his passing, here for you on Before They Were Dead.
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[@Anthonypomales_]

I go to school in Brooklyn and I walk pass by biggies school every day.

[@sagevaldez5743]

Anthony Pomales thats so dope, you dont even know how lucky you are

[@Tygxs-]

Anthony Pomales u from tha hood lol

[@MrSardine23]

Anthony Pomales cool...

[@lovejademonet]

That must be inspiring!

[@robk9395]

Anthony I must say WOW I can't get that out of my head you are so lucky I bet your so popular and famous because of this

[@mishelkhurshudyan4900]

Biggie will never be beaten in the rap game, he's the absolute GOAT

[@Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward]

Have you heard of Whizkid Khalifa

[@badbella1785]

Exactly 💯

[@walmerjuicwalmer]

@@badbella1785 tupac bettre

[@badbella1785]

@@walmerjuicwalmer they both have different styles but Tupac was also good .... Rip

[@badbella1785]

@@walmerjuicwalmer why was Tupac better ?? 3xplain ?

[@LarsSyljusveen]

Much respect to Biggie R.I.P

[@Vicdog408]

Well you did Biggie and Pac so you obviously have to do Eazy.

[@senditaaron]

Plz

[@bilaal6061]

YEAH

[@AllStarTaylorJ]

Honestly if he doesn't do the gangsta rap godfather I gotta unsub

[@CarlosChavez-lr9gk]

yessssss

[@pbm2324]

eazy already done fool

[@MichaelGarcia-de9fu]

I wish that I could time travel back to March 8th 1997 and save Biggie's life.

[@jayjaysworld7110]

Yeah if you were in a delorean

[@L.A.Killah213]

I wish I could travel back in 94!! So no beef would happen

[@Bigfatfat97]

Me to bro

[@dripkid1128]

And i wish i could travel back to 96 to tell 6ix 9ine's dad to wear the condom

[@kingjake1423]

@@dripkid1128 hahahaha

[@tatuparviainen3731]

today he would be 44

[@Hi-wc6th]

Suomi perkele

[@lamegamerlol8514]

Wow he would still be pretty good for afe

[@lamegamerlol8514]

Age

[@maxxard7992]

Hey look 69 likes!!!

[@ДимитърСтамболийски-щ4г]

@@maxxard7992 lol

[@beatsbytristan]

sleep eazy big. Definitely one of the best to ever do it

[@bakardi2233]

He killed one of the greatest tho biggie didn't even have good raps

[@bakardi2233]

+Gary Goldman i bet you like drake huh

[@jz4249]

+David Martinez I hate Drake.. What's your point?

[@beatsbytristan]

David Martinez how can you possibly believe that biggie made bad music? idek bruh..

[@centurysam6679]

+David Martinez That's a terrible opinion you got there.

[@nandoink]

Rip Christopher Wallace

[@bosnjak25]

RIP NOTORIOUS B.I.G🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💔😩😥😥😩💔🙏🙏🙏😩😥😥😩🙏🙏💔😩😥😩💔🙏🙏😩😥🙏💔

[@amaiya23]

Ilove the way how rapper back then such as biggie, and 2pac and more actually telled stories in there raps but now a days all they say is Gucci, Gucci, Gucci,

[@creativator2083]

Rip to my nigga and inspiration The Notorious B.I.G

[@JasonKeepBlazin]

bro I never knew he was ONLY 24 when he died. I'm 23... that's crazy

[@ReneeDreams]

Yes, that is what is so sad. I don't think people really understand that 2Pac and Biggie were so young when they died. I am way past the age they were when they died. It was sad when the reports came in when they both died because we all knew they were so young. I am sure they would be different people now if they had lived. They would both be in their late 40s.

[@JohnLick96]

ReneeDreams Jay Z is older than they were and he still does performances and features. Pac and Big could've done so much but their careers were cut short. The game is so unforgiving.

[@full-timepog6844]

Jason Banco good luck! one year left for you 👍

[@dopepandasquad7867]

Shakir Newton XD

[@andrewtaylor2377]

He was only 2 months away from his 25th birthday too.

[@tiagobernardo6807]

Biggie was just 24!? He looked and sounded almost 40, damn

[@kayceelondon]

he didn't look that old

[@prolo6309]

I thought the same

[@nicholasbruce280]

died in 1997

[@mickeyb584]

And pac was 25 when he died. They were raised in a different era where young boys had to become men asap

[@TKDDL1690]

NO HE DIDNT !!!!!!!!!

[@FatherlessTre]

Imagine if b.i.g and 2pac were still alive

[@sasha9019]

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME BIG POPPA!!

[@MadameGV]

I just remember it only from the 2001 movie called "hardball".

[@Sincere1-t7f]

Glad we got to witness a Notorious B.I.G in our life. Wish he made more albums and done more but will remember his 2 albums. Thank God for the 90s.

[@jpb2541]

Before they were famous: do yourself

[@londonersreactl2328]

JP B haha savafe

[@tuludinagde8010]

JP B u mean after

[@kingjavanna21]

he did it already

[@nickylechapman431]

u stupid people rather B.I.G than u

[@nickylechapman431]

what king assehole

[@Sxm_8]

I hate it when people call BIG a studio gangster 1.He was affiliated with the Crips 2.He was a crack dealer 3.He was bout that life

[@kinglicwid8631]

he is a studio gangster most of these rappers start getting gang related after they become famous.

[@johnnydoe8271]

+King Licwid biggie was in? Multiple shootouts and robberies he and pac were f Gangster for different reasons

[@lonelylegoman5778]

@@kinglicwid8631 he was 12 when he started selling crack. 12.

[@lohanlul1642]

Randy Bowen biggie was from the hood, bed-stuy brooklyn you wouldn’t survive a day in that area in the 90s. His mom although did a hell of a job by trying to raise him but he was still poor and lived in the ghetto.

[@wifilostconnection5992]

nigga just because ypur affiliated with a gang doesnt prove anything alotta people sold crack to get by and your not saying why he was about that life dumbass

[@cornbread1911]

...the best rapper EVER! Peroid! Biggie Smalls👑

[@sierra6914]

Period*

[@wilderelpillo]

nah, everyone know obviously the best rapper ever is 2pac.

[@fbi2672]

ItsSanityBtw no 2pac was a talking he was only a public speaker he talk about life and stuff his music sucks you kids can't speaker you guys are like 10 you were not around then

[@jayjaysworld7110]

@@wilderelpillo nah sorry mate biggie is the best rapper all the way

[@jayswxo]

@@fbi2672 “you kids can’t speaker”

[@lightupwitvampz]

There was truly no man who was a big rap icon like Biggie Smalls.

[@RiskyDecisionsHQ]

Lil Kim before they were white

[@tonganbeast4450]

HAHAHAHAHA!

[@idkuhxd3394]

Lol

[@supermarionicky8327]

Racist

[@tonganbeast4450]

@@supermarionicky8327 you

[@aaron-pu8zb]

LMFAOOOOO

[@shanikascott6153]

You will always be loved notorious B.I.G No one will forget you😔😪

[@badbella1785]

He died so young 🥺

[@melechwilliamsf.y.i.730]

I Missed Notorious B.I.G (1972-1997).

[@jayjaysworld7110]

Same man

[@samuelkelly5615]

24? Damn, why'd it have to happen so young?

[@Raiders-wm5kb]

Tupac and Deathrow were jealous

[@trill_tyler_1238]

+Raiders7528 tupac was in deathrow 😂

[@Raiders-wm5kb]

Death Row Records is a record company founded in 1991. Tupac started Rapping for another Label in 1991 while with Digital Underground. Tupac Signed to Deathrow in Sept 1995, And Died on Sept 1996. You do the Math!

[@floydjackson2263]

+Raiders7528 And?

[@Raiders-wm5kb]

+Floyd jackson and what?

[@benknoll797]

R.I.P Biggie😢

[@jacobwalker7407]

You clearly know nothing about Biggie, for one he dropped out of school to start dealing full time at 17 years old and never went back to school, he also didn't meet lil Kim until he got out of prison which was 6 months later. And also never played music in his mums basement cos she didn't have a basement, she lived in a block of apartments!

[@thizzzle_7074]

Your comment was more interesting than the actual video lol

[@exus2sky]

thank you!

[@A.fordbey.99]

Good job

[@JAHDZ1]

thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who knows this "reporter" is full of shit lol he had no idea wtf he's doing

[@honeyyb]

I was gonna comment that in the movie he met Kim as an adult lol

[@marquitachamberlain6458]

RIP BIGGIE gone but never forgotten😍

[@nahname3961]

Nobody could get Jazz and old school rap better than B.I.G on the flow

[@johnreese1337]

RIP The Notorious! 20 years!...

[@n0limit_.mike__199]

It's sad how he died so young 😭😭R.I.P BIG

[@notsofstmiata]

Cash rules everything around me

[@lightingthastreetswith7827]

Get the fuck outta here

[@mrheinzebean1059]

Akon ?

[@lightingthastreetswith7827]

+MR HEINZEBEAN Na wutant

[@lightingthastreetswith7827]

+MR HEINZEBEAN wutang

[@TrollGodT]

Do you need some cream???

[@kongtv1634]

rip Christopher I miss u man 😭🙏 love u

[@jonsnow4991]

Biggie is the best eva

[@nigelhutton1432]

Rick Grimes

[@divingone]

Rick Grimes L

[@Mrwilswift]

Rick Grimes Tupac has been voted as the best rapper alive.

[@nyc_all_stars9070]

Mrwilswift well Nas is better

[@nyc_all_stars9070]

Mylz Crooks hold my sack

[@ItsVeax]

R.I.P. LEGEND

[@willperez9050]

+Quahf nd tupac shhhiiit

[@Texas_Holdin]

naaaa

[@georgenorman379]

The G.O.A.T.

[@tiddieboi4296]

your grandma invites you for tea, but when you get there she hands you a gun and orders you to kill another vault resident what do you do?

[@2rjengo791]

+bitch boy was playin fallout 3 yesterday 😂

[@erikmartinez6313]

+bitch boy TUNNLE SNAKES RULE !!!!

[@YoungGzBlitz]

Nope top 5 but not top 1

[@zackkwhitfield1189]

Pac was the G.O.A.T

[@508ctk]

"Imma make good music and he gon' make...whatever he make, ya know what I'm sayin'." - BIG

[@Emocowboy808]

Do bone thugs n harmony before they were famous

[@Marcnick001]

"Cash Rules Everything Around Me" C.R.E.A.M -WuTang

[@anny-ei7kl]

one of best rap songs ever

[@34alecjim]

Dolla dolla Bill yall

[@dhirensukhan4592]

Get the money

[@mohaed96]

Cash rules everything around me C.R.E.A.M

[@jbarrier3506]

Marcnick001 DOLLA DOLLA BILL YALLL

[@toleshamyree888]

Represented the East Coast!!! One more chance featuring Total is one of my favorite songs!!!

[@lucawelch5941]

2:05 it sounds like he's rapping 😂

[@Ohio27882]

😂

[@horrorjunkie92]

He looked waaaaay older than 24.

[@Jatt.Lalkar]

It's what smoking crack does to you keep kid

[@meanjune]

+Jatt Larkar LOL. He didn't do crack.

[@maligibbs]

+Jatt Larkar listen to control kendrick lamar's verse

[@xBanditFPS]

+Jatt Larkar no he didn't

[@micfelt2795]

Stressful life man

[@LATIGRE]

9:01 Shit.This man look like thin version of Suge Knight. Very similiar to Suge.Dont ya think?

[@domii4224]

yea lol

[@sergeiivanov2186]

Notorious mоvie here => twitter.com/9874a07d49b3e74f0/status/795843762102468608 NOTORIOUS B I G Bеfore ТThey Weree Deaad

[@brennonkachur9126]

lol

[@kobybrooks8328]

LA TIGRE yes and he was a blood

[@ROBLOXvsNFLHighlights]

The way he pronounced "Piru" killed me

[@oakchandlee5258]

R.I.P Biggie he will always love in our hearts

[@whitesabbath6581]

R.I.P. the Notorious B.I.G. (1972-1997)

[@Kizzokd2bd]

The B.I.G will always live in our hearts

[@tigersparkz0451]

3:50 1999? He died in 1997

[@christophersoper]

I heard 1989

[@theicon6695]

tiger spankr he said 1989

[@avrilchavez8139]

Growing up, in Bedford Stuyvesant or Bed-Stuy the legend of Biggie lived on in the streets of Brooklyn. You should check out the street art that embraces his warm presence. It's reprenstation is vital.

[@beachcave8678]

Do meek mill - before they were dead

[@MrMlbfan6]

Lol

[@sunsetman2002]

omg LOL, petty, so, so petty!!!!!!!! OMG

[@youngvalentino43]

+beachcave dam u savage im dead

[@thextraordinary6810]

Dead 💀

[@cdmxvii5614]

W

[@ygfblick-official3406]

RIP TO THE 👑 KING YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED

[@yeseniagonzalez1177]

Thumbs up if you think his music will live on forever

[@SuperEagles97]

Michael, please do MF DOOM for us! We've been asking for weeks! Thanks!

[@crackswareg135]

PLEASE DO

[@montanabudd4485]

he is! he said he's working on it

[@rokajhcljk9473]

+Montana Budd wen?

[@montanabudd4485]

+ROKA JHCLJK he mentioned it on the Rihanna vid i believe

[@rokajhcljk9473]

+Montana Budd thank u

[@meltingcookievlogs4595]

He would be 50 today RIP 🙏

[@TyhlerNovac]

Finally Finally Someone did a after they are Famous Whoop Whoop ... you big on my way to seeing you soon

[@Sweetamber222]

2:12 "...in the neighborhood of Bedford Stoy-veson" ...I'm done. -___-

[@conkerdasquirrel]

SweetAmber 😮😬😐

[@Mookamaaka]

Lol Bedford-Stuyvesant

[@cliffclerval8149]

This dude stay doing pretty good research except he's always mispronouncing names of people and places, it's really irritating! lol

[@emceek1506]

Dawg not Bedford *BEDSTEY*

[@urmaker]

Do Tech N9ne before they were famous please. :)

[@SpazzGotTHaK]

He wont ive been askin for like the past 10 vids

[@devanteandrews8698]

+J. E$cko Beats LOL

[@Blue-vd6bv]

already done

[@steveirungu3132]

The living legends of tupac and biggie small

[@shygoat185]

4:51 That's not Biggie!

[@mycrazyvines1472]

True

[@ShadyNeto]

i guess it's jamal woolard the actor who played biggie on the notorious movie

[@jeremydiesel7805]

Vince Staples Mick Jenkins Phora Saba Alex Wiley Vic Mensa G-Eazy Cozz Bas J.Cole after he was Famous Kendrick Lamar after he famous Lupe Fiasco

[@cadefreiermuth7517]

Cole and Kendrick are still famous....

[@largechurro2321]

Kendrick and Cole still hella famous tho fam

[@jeremydiesel7805]

I meant after they got famous. I know they are still well known.

[@Nuns341]

+Jeremy Diesel kendrick and cole are famous, they haven't lost their fame,

[@jeromejohnsonjr3465]

where Joey badass at

[@soccerlover200012]

Do Outkast before they were famous!!!!

[@jayjaysworld7110]

My favorite biggie song on LAD is Ten crack commandments

[@jocel8142]

Make a before they where dead of Nate Dogg

[@baconnator5858]

Jocel Fleming he wasn't that famous fam. Hell naw

[@nidla6391]

Bacon Nator He got featured on many songs like for example his song I Got Love was his biggest hit and 21 Questions made him a little more famous

[@karmamenzel1631]

Bacon Nator if u haven't noticed he post a lot of vids of people who wasn't that famous at all nate dogg was the shit back in the day hommie😒and made alot of hits happen for a lot off very successful artists up to this day😔 SO HOLD THIS L✌

[@steveirungu3132]

I have tromendous respect for you Christopher Latore George Wallace ie Biggie Smalls I miss you 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@theguywhoposts2273]

IMO Biggie is the Best Rapper of all Time, nuff said.

[@yurie5076]

Slim Jesus is

[@nazifficnaziffic2378]

+Yurie no way he's fake he don't smoke real weed

[@MyNadaquehacer]

2pac

[@nazifficnaziffic2378]

+Andrés López Ávila no slim Jesus

[@yurie5076]

+Naziffic Naziffic finely someone that understands rap

[@Xorysa.g]

Can you do DMX?

[@fellthecomics5211]

he did

[@contrast2038]

DMX needs to make a comeback album

[@jayjaysworld7110]

Not a fan of DMX because he’s such a terrible rapper

[@FatswitdaF]

Shout Out To My Crip Nigga Biggie R.I.P See You In Heaven. Your Music Inspires Me As A Young Black Rapper R.I.P

[@Zeady]

PLEASE DO BIG L!!!!

[@gustavohernandez5122]

True

[@jakoblozano8031]

Yes do big L

[@citrificaL]

+Zeady yes

[@KussDamato]

fuckin fuck yeah!

[@MassCali]

he did and he fucked up his first name the entire video

[@joseiglesia2033]

Do LIL SNUPE 🙌🏼

[@jayquanfromdatrap5384]

🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@SpazzGotTHaK]

Fucc yea

[@strangealien1835]

lil snupe died young

[@SpazzGotTHaK]

+Strange Alien Yeah but his music was huge for the Southern Rap community he was the next big star for us

[@strangealien1835]

+J. E$cko Beats yea ik i wish he was still alive he was almost better than biggie and tupac

[@HipsterBot2000]

@ 6:38 ... biggies voice sounds like that of a legend

[@Igorzivanovicc]

Seriously bro, when will you do a Before They Were Famous Vitalyzdtv? I have been posting it on EVERY of your video since the start of December I think. I don't get it why you don't do it and I am pretty sure you are getting annoyed by me :) hehe so please make an episode about him :)

[@valmercado4682]

Lmao

[@draispawpsy6748]

Fuck no

[@valmercado4682]

y'all need to chill stop hating on him

[@chava408essj8]

He sucks ass.. Fuck em

[@omfggabriel46]

Vitalys pranks sucks ass and are fake.

[@bonbonvxx]

I love biggie , not just because his music but he shows you can still make it no matter your size

[@codybrat919]

it blows mind how his first album was ready to die and after he died his second albums is life after death like Biggie knew what was Coming or something

[@vbanndzz718]

“Yo mama still working in those 10 dollar houses”

[@rivon6113]

0:38 the Black IT? 😂😂

[@jaimehernandez8535]

my favorite rapper, r.i.p big poppa

[@elyjah.kelley7475]

Wait how was he aresseted in1999 when he died in1997

[@alexleon5503]

Elyjah.Kelley *1989

[@Risa-tl4yq]

1989.. arrested

[@Risa-tl4yq]

yeah biggie died 97 but he was arrested 89.......

[@theicon6695]

Elyjah.Kelley he meant 1989

[@iaintnojoke5206]

Before they were famous Zlatan Ibrahimovic

[@dooky1089]

😂😂😂😂

[@esmaisabella1752]

🇹🇰🇹🇰🇹🇰

[@cruzmayoral8583]

zlatan nata summadic

[@ulisespuente8108]

R.i.p all time rapper notorious b.i.g

[@808adrian]

Who's watching this on his death anniversary?

[@wari5138]

Adrián Boomin me

[@remyray5644]

Do before they were destroyed The twin towers

[@alwayzwildin8508]

lol

[@trippysky4507]

+M i s e r x b l e Not even funny

[@alwayzwildin8508]

Lmao I still laugh every time I see this comment

[@manPi1122]

HAHA

[@iceybundles]

***** no its not

[@joelgreen7912]

Notorious B.I.G was in my opinion the best rapper in hip hop history.

[@taliaseays6894]

Rip. Big 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@yeseniagonzalez1177]

He was the biggest and I respect that he was an amazing artist and his music will always live on R.I.P bigge

[@optionrush5050]

And the illest

[@TheShane12341234]

He didn't get shot leaving the soul train music awards... he got shot leaving an industry party after

[@lyricalmc5188]

Mobb deep Wu-tang clan Big Pun Big L

[@sakunisawuni777]

big l biggest L

[@Syrxen]

Hell yeah all of these.

[@Syrxen]

What a coincidence... These are exactly all the ones I listened to today. Nothing else.

[@mick_witty]

+Botman lol I subbed to u a while back because of ur name

[@Vicdog408]

+Botman oh really? Name all the members of Wu Tang... You have 30 seconds

[@haydeezytothebeat]

RIP TO A LEGEND

[@lilbuttersock69]

Who else cries every time

[@Regnad1]

Riley Boyd for tupac yes

[@k0d3starlegit47]

do prince before they were famous

[@jalenwilson3036]

C.R.E.A.M Cash Rules Everything Around Me

[@optionrush5050]

I know this cuz Wu-tang

[@JFhimalaya]

Jalen Wilson B.I.G. Is making that C.R.E.A.M., bitches always say What the hell does that mean??? B is for the way that it go in the ...

[@kckassidysmom]

the greatest rapper of all times died on March 9th God bless your soul rest in peace kid.

[@anny-ei7kl]

don't forget kick in the door on after death album

[@RightyHandSwag]

My downfall, You're Nobody(Till Somebody Kills You), and Sky's The Limit are the best on the album IMO.

[@nickv.1231]

+KillerKing Everyday struggle is a killer track imo. He wanted it to be one of the singles off of ready to die.

[@annwilliams9370]

We will always miss him Rip

[@RachaelBluee]

R.I.P Biggie 😢💓 he died on my b'day 3.9.97

[@davida6919]

Can u plz do before they were famous: Bruno Mars ??

[@ryannncrowley843]

Is anyone else watching in 2017

[@romant142]

STAPL SNIPER every one watching now would be.

[@Kizorkayz]

2099999991992838368363773527825272652727527273627632762627

[@Kizorkayz]

No it’s 3017

[@JavierPerez-zx2jm]

I love this guy when rappers were real

[@LosAngelesHomie1986]

biggie is a great story teller. but he is the biggest studio gangster of all time! Fact!

[@mildmagician2764]

Nope

[@mildmagician2764]

Ronnie Dfwu who

[@Uzigograh]

drew shafer him

[@mildmagician2764]

Ronnie Dfwu You didn't tag me

[@mildmagician2764]

Ronnie Dfwu How am I retarded

[@brandonmunoz695]

Notorious probably had one of the best flows of all time, but Tupac's lyrics were deep and covered a wide range of topics. They were both the best in their own way and it really comes down to how someone, as an individal, listen's to music and what they prefer.

[@badbella1785]

Well said ! 👏👏👏👏

[@MrIcecolddd]

Biggie easily the GOAT in my opinion

[@lincoln_bryant]

4:56 not even biggie