New Information Emerges in Notorious B.I.G. Murder

By Sarah Crow Posted Jan 7th 2011 01:45PM

Investigators are now re-examining the murder of rap legend The Notorious B.I.G. -- born Christopher Wallace -- more than 13 years after he was gunned down in Los Angeles.

CNN reports that a task force consisting of local and national law enforcement officials has been assembled to further investigate the rapper's 1997 murder.

Wallace, a hometown hero in his native Brooklyn, was shot four times in the chest by an as-of-yet unidentified gunman while leaving an afterparty for the Soul Train Awards. He was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Since his death, rumors have abounded regarding both the identity of Biggie's killer and the motive behind the fatal shooting. The prevalent theory has remained that the shooting came about as a retaliation for Death Row Records rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder in Las Vegas.

Former LAPD detective Russell Poole, who was involved in the 1997 investigation, maintains the belief that Wallace's murder was ordered by Death Row Records' co-founder and former CEO, Marion "Suge" Knight.

"Suge Knight ordered the hit," says Poole, alleging that David Mack, a former LAPD officer, was the one who fired the fatal shots.

Wallace has been the subject of a number of conspiracy theories by die-hard fans, due to the seemingly prophetic album titles 'Ready to Die' and the posthumously released 'Life After Death.'

Similar speculation has been made about Shakur, who has been "spotted" around the world since his murder, including making a supposed pit-stop for drinks in New Orleans as recently as 2009.

Despite the bad blood between Wallace and Shakur during the height of the East Coast-West Coast feud, the rappers' mothers, Voletta Wallace and Afeni Shakur, joined one another on stage at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, where they denounced the culture of violence that their sons fell victim to.

Voletta Wallace told AllHipHop,"All I want, all I ever wanted, is justice for my son's death. All I ever wanted was the truth. And that's not asking too much."

Since his death, Biggie has been a major influence on pop culture. He is the subject of the 2002 documentary 'Biggie and Tupac' and 2009's 'Notorious.' His work has been quoted and sampled by artists, including Michael Jackson, Alicia Keys, 50 Cent and Usher.

Check Out Biggie's 'Juicy' Video. (Warning: Explicit Lyrics)

Tags: Biggie Smalls, notorious b.i.g.

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Saturday 08 January

By Candace

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I don't care if it's gay-lovin' Gaga, that oompa loompa Snooki, or a street thuggin' rapper. None of them matter to me. Too much emphasis on entertainers nowadays. Get a life, folks!

By donna

there's still much to be done. will start caring when it reaches at least fifty percent. keep up the good work thugs/

Friday 07 January

By Bob

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Where's the "new" information? Where do they get these writers/editors? They got me to read a recycled article this time... next time... just say no to popeater. Stick with TMZ!!

By killeachother

Keep killing each other!

By trey

How much is this going to cost the tax payers? lol just kidding RIP BIGS

By art

you're not kidding.

By mellors

take all these hate mongering, woman hating rappers, arme them and put them in the coliseum and let them shoot it out.. no innocent bystanders to injure, maim or kill..

By gobluespartyon

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Never really know who killed B.I.G. or 2Pac I was a fan of both more B.I.G. with his second album than first liked a couple of songs from first album. I do believe that Suge Knight hired a hitman to kill B.I.G. I did read article on B.I.G. death in Rollingstone almost 10 years ago in May it was very deatailed pretty long article in that article they said that Suge may have hired a hitman. R.I.P. B.I.G. & 2Pac.

By kay

Money is behind all evil..

By nick7917

I cannot stand stories like this. The whole point about has nothing to do with Biggie or Tupac. This is them trying to get to whos left... Surge. how does a person miss a guy his size at point blank range but hit tupac 5 times is beyond me. Anyone who followed the stories knows what went down and AOL should be ashamed of themselves for bringing such a story back into the light...Let them be.

By Samus Aran

Totally agree!

By Nicole

Holy Crap,
Please tell me you guys aren't adults.
Wishing death upon others is gross and inhumane and you guys should be ashamed of yourselves.
Regardless of what you think, they were special to someone out their and for you to be happy they died shows how sadistic our society is.
So I pray you guys are just ignorant teens and not older adults

- A 16 year old girl :)

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Keep killing each other, gangster thugs! Do us all a favor!

By Alec

is it just me or did they say nothing at all about this "new information". this article was just a re-telling of biggie's death story. nothing new here

RIP Biggie, you were truly one of the best

yeah he was big.

By TowaOhPowa

RIDICULOUS !! This is straight-UP deceptive journalism. YELLOW journalism !!! Where is the N E W evidence ?
Total waste of time !

By murphy

if ignorance is bliss then there sure are a lot of happy people on here

By carliegod

Boy, he sure had a flat head!

By luvyhwh22

Tupac and Biggie Smalls were both well read, autodidactic men. To characterize them as villainous because of the fictional depictions in their music is simply not fair. It would be akin to calling Joe Pesci a no good thug because he portrayed one in "Goodfellas".

By DUDE

ONLY 100 MILLION TO GO

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