Notorious B.I.G.

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Notorious B.I.G.

Song Update

Lives In

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Christopher Wallace was born in Brooklyn. New York on May 21st 1972. He was surrounded by drug addicts and dealers, which describes the place where he grew up.

"Juicy" was released on August 8th 1994. This song discusses Biggie's experience in poverty and his dreams while being famous. He's explaining the difference between the two social classes.

Work Experience

Before becoming a famous, Biggie was involved with dope dealing. Due to peer pressure and financial reasons, this allowed Biggie to bring some "support" in for a while.

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Genre: Hip Hop

Length

Education

5:03 Minutes

Biggie went to the Queen of All Saints Middle School, Wallace excelled in class, winning several awards as an English student. At his request, Biggie transferred out of the Roman Catholic Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School to attend the state-funded George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School. At seventeen, Wallace dropped out of school and became further involved in crime

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Interpretation

In the song "Juicy", Biggie is explaining the struggle that he went through while growing up in Brooklyn. Biggie doesn't really mention deviance as far as a sense of violent, but more as explaining the certain life style in Brooklyn.

Biggie also explains his memories and how they made him into the person he was then.