Murder of The Notorious B.I.G.
| Shooting of The Notorious B.I.G. | |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Date | March 9, 1997 12:47 a.m. PST (UTC−08:00) |
| Target | Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace And possibly Sean Combs aka, "Puff Daddy," learned from Ice-T's show, "Who Shot Biggie & Tupac." (2017) |
| Weapons | Blue-steel 9x19mm pistol (exact model and make unknown) |
| Deaths | 1 (Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace) |
| Perpetrator | Unknown |
The murder of Christopher Wallace, better known by his stage names Biggie Smalls and The Notorious B.I.G., occurred in the early hours of March 9, 1997. The rapper was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, California, which led to his death minutes later. Despite numerous witnesses and enormous media attention and speculation, no one was ever formally charged for the murder, and the case remains officially unsolved.
In 2006, Wallace’s mother, Voletta Wallace, his widow, Faith Evans and his children, T'yanna Jackson and Christopher Jordan Wallace (CJ) filed a $500 million wrongful death lawsuit against the LAPD alleging that corrupt LAPD Officers were responsible for Wallace’s murder. Retired LAPD Officer Greg Kading alleged that Marion Suge Knight hired fellow Blood gang member Wardell Focuse, also known as "Poochie,” to murder Wallace and that Poochie was paid $13,000. He also alleged that Theresa Swan, the mother of Suge Knight’s child, was also involved in the murder, and was paid $25,000 to set up meetings both before and after the murder. In 2003 Poochie was murdered in a drive-by shooting by rival gang members while at a stoplight on his motorcycle.
Wallace traveled to Los Angeles, California in February 1997 to promote his upcoming second studio album, Life After Death, and to film a music video for its lead single, "Hypnotize". On March 5, he gave a radio interview with The Dog House on KYLD in San Francisco. In the interview, he stated that he had hired security because he feared for his safety, not just because of the ongoing East Coast–West Coast hip hop feud and the murder of Tupac Shakur six months prior, but because of his role as a high-profile celebrity in general.Life After Death was scheduled for release on March 25, 1997. On March 7, Wallace presented an award to Toni Braxton at the 1997 Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles and was booed by some of the audience. The following evening, March 8, he attended an after-party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records at the Petersen Automotive Museum in West Los Angeles. Other guests included Faith Evans, Aaliyah, Sean Combs, and members of the Bloods and Crips gangs.
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