The demo tape also made its way to an A&R rep/producer at Uptown Records named Sean "Puffy" Combs. The tape eventually made its way to the editor of The Source who listed Biggie in the magazine's Unsigned Hype column. Rap CareerĪfter getting out of jail he recorded a demo titled "Microphone Murderer" under the moniker "Biggie Smalls". In 1991 he spent nine months in jail on a crack sale charge. He left school at the age of 17 and got deeper in the world of drug dealing, leading to several arrests.
He attended Westinghouse Career and Technical High School, the same school where future rappers Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes and DMX attended. He began rapping as a teenager, entertaining people on street corners and performing in local groups. He started dealing drugs when he was just 12 years old. He thrived academically in middle school and won numerous awards for English.
Wallace grew up in Clinton Hill Brooklyn near the border of Bedford-Stuyvesant. His father left the family when he was just two years old. He was the only child of Jamaican parents Voletta Wallace and Selwyn George Latore. was born Christopher George Latore Wallace on in Brooklyn, New York.
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