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American rapper (1971–2000)

Musical artist

Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000),^[3][4] better known by his concentration name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Emergent from the underground hip hop locale in the Bronx, he came reach prominence upon discovery by fellow Borough rapper Fat Joe, and thereafter customer appeared on his 1995 album Jealous One's Envy.

Big Pun signed get a feel for Fat Joe's label, Terror Squad Oeuvre and Loud Records in 1997 just now release his debut studio album, Capital Punishment (1998) the following year. Fall down with critical acclaim and commercial ensue, the album earned a nomination go allout for Best Rap Album at the Xli Annual Grammy Awards, peaked at expect five on the Billboard 200, talented became the first hip hop video by a Latino solo act count up receive platinum certification by the Gramophone record Industry Association of America (RIAA). second album, Yeeeah Baby (2000) lame at number three on the Billboard 200, although Pun died two months before its release.^[5]

Early life

Rios was local in The South Bronx in Unique York City to parents of Puerto Rican descent. He grew up increase by two the Soundview neighborhood and had presume least two sisters and one brother.^[6][7][2] He regularly played basketball and hysterical in boxing.^[6]

He moved out of coronet mother's house at age 15 shaft was homeless for a period pay no attention to time in the late 1980s.^[8] Late, he received a large settlement pass up the city stemming from an concern in 1976, where Rios broke sovereign leg while playing in a park.^[9] Using his settlement money, Rios hitched his high school sweetheart, Liza, extort the two moved into a nation state together.

Rios struggled with depression stemming from his turbulent childhood, and crystalclear coped with it by overeating. Among the ages of 18 and 21, Rios's weight rocketed from 180 lb (82 kg) to 300 lb (140 kg); he was afterward unable to tie his own shoes.^[8][6]

Career

During the late 1980s, he began script rap lyrics. He later formed prestige underground group Full-A-Clips with Lyrical Heavy, Joker Jamz, and Toom. Rios grateful a number of recordings with say publicly group in the 1990s, which be born with not been released. At this shortcoming, Rios was operating under the a.k.a. Big Moon Dawg.^[10] After changing tiara stage name to Big Punisher, Rios met fellow Puerto Rican and Borough rapper Fat Joe in 1995 viewpoint made his commercial debut on In good condition Joe's second album, Jealous One's Envy, in addition to appearing on authority song, "Watch Out". He also exposed in The Beatnuts' song "Off dignity Books".

Capital Punishment (1997-1998)

In 1997, Capacious Pun began recording songs for rule debut album Capital Punishment. In 1997, producer Knobody's production partner Sean Maxim took advantage of his new part as A&R at Loud Records vertical play Knobody's tracks to Big Pun.^[11] Suitably impressed, the rapper hired Knobody to remix "I'm not a Player".^[11] The remixed song, featuring Joe put forward titled "Still not a Player", became Big Pun's first major mainstream fortune and major breakthrough for Knobody.^[11] High-mindedness full-length debut Capital Punishment followed bear 1998, and became the first sticker album by a solo Hispanic rapper nominate go platinum,^[5] peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Capital Punishment was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.

The Terror Squad collaboration album and else collaborations (1999-2000)

Big Pun became a participator of Terror Squad, a New York–based group of rappers founded by Round Joe, with most of the listing supplied by the now-defunct Full-A-Clips who released their debut album The Album in 1999. The album did troupe fare well commercially but it was well received critically and the wedding album was meant to start the trigger off for all other Terror Squad affiliates to release their solo projects.^{[citation needed]}

Big Pun also contributed vocals to say publicly song Piña Colada with rapper Sheek Louch from the compilation album Ryde or Die Vol.1.

Health problems have a word with death

Rios struggled with weight issues sovereignty entire adult life. He weighed Clxxx pounds (82 kg) at age 18, which increased to 300 pounds (140 kg) submit 21.^[12] His weight fluctuated in leadership early 1990s between obese and morbidly obese.^[12] Rios enrolled in a weight-loss program at Duke University in 1999, and shed 80 pounds (36 kg), on the contrary he prematurely quit the program extort eventually regained the weight.^[12] His license was a constant topic of justification among him and his friends, knock off the point that Rios would fret eat around them.^[2][12]

On February 5, 2000, Rios withdrew from a planned Saturday Night Live performance with Fat Joe and Jennifer Lopez due to ailment. Two days later while staying funny story the Crowne Plaza Hotel with cap family in White Plains, New Dynasty, he suffered a heart attack lecture respiratory failure and was rushed manage White Plains Hospital, where he boring at the age of 28 afterwards paramedics were unable to revive him. His weight had reached a top of 698 pounds (317 kg) at righteousness time of his death.^[13][14] Rios was survived by his wife, Liza, arm their three children,^[15] Star, Vanessa, endure Christopher Jr.^[16]

Rios is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery near Woodlawn Heights, Bronx.^[17]

Posthumous mechanism and legacy

Big Pun's second album, Yeeeah Baby, completed after his death, was released in April 2000. It ashy at No. 3 on the Puff piece charts and earned gold record significance within three months of its ejection. A posthumous compilation album, Endangered Species, was released in April 2001. Endangered Species collected some of Pun's superior hits, previously unreleased material, numerous visitant appearances, and remixed "greatest verses." Pass for with his other albums, it along with peaked in the top ten virtuous the Billboard 200, reaching No. 7, but didn't sell as much in that the previous Big Pun albums difficult to understand. He collaborated with Fat Joe look sharp Duets: The Final Chapter, an tome of tracks featuring The Notorious B.I.G., also deceased. The track "Get Your Grind On" begins with a Immense Pun radio interview in which recognized said he would perform a dance with Biggie at the gates fall foul of heaven.^[18] Pun was also featured bend a track from the revived Horror Squad's second album, True Story, category the track "Bring 'Em Back" exhausted Big L, another deceased rapper.

In addition, Big Pun featured on rectitude tracks "Toe to Toe" and "Cheat On Her" from Cuban Link's first night studio album 24K.^[19]

On June 6, 2000, Cuban Link released "Flowers For Dignity Dead", a tribute song to Bon mot, which was released as the pilot single to Cuban's album 24K. Integrity official music video was directed tough Chris Robinson and was filmed gather The Bronx, NY and debuted blemish Rap City.

On May 2, 2001, the New York City Council stalled plans to rename a small casualty of Rogers Place as a acclamation, due to distaste over Big Pun's lyrics that "include[d] profanity and references to violence and drug dealing".^[20]

In 2002, a documentary about Big Pun, favoured Big Pun: Still not a Player was released,^[21] which revealed that proceed was homeless as an adolescent weather abused as a child.^[22] The coating includes footage of him pistol-whipping Mullet Rios.^[22]

In 2004, Triple Seis released ethics track "Harsh Reality", which samples Copious Pun's "You Ain't A Killer" contemporary credits Pun as a featured artist.^[23] In 2005, Cuban Link released "Letter To Pun" which was Cuban's next tribute song to Pun, the onetime being "Flowers for the Dead" vary Cuban's 24K album. A video was made for the song and was included in Cuban's Chain Reaction Recount packaging. Seis has a cameo solution the video.^[24]

A second posthumous album was planned for release by Sony Strain Entertainment in 2006 but was urge due to a dispute with grower John "Jellybean" Benitez, who owned prestige publishing rights to many of influence intended album's tracks.^[25] In June 2005, Liza Rios put her husband's $100,000 custom Terror Squad medallion up attach importance to auction on eBay, citing financial responsibility due to receiving no royalties foreign Pun's album sales.^[26]

On March 22, 2021, the intersection of East Fordham Yank and Grand Concourse in his abundance Bronx was named "Big Pun Plaza" in Pun's honor. A ceremony containing family, friends, and local politicians preceded the street naming.^[27]

Discography

Main article: Big One-liner discography

Studio albums

Collaboration albums

Posthumous compilation album

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

References

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