Bad Boy Records

Ready to Die released September 13, 1994, by Bad Boy Records and Arista Records. Recording for the album took place during 1993-94 in New York City at The Hit Factory and D&D Studios. It was the only album Biggie Smalls lived to see release. The album became a certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Also, the album has reached a certified quadruple platinum with sales. Ready to Die has been regarded by many music critics as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, as well as one of the best albums of the…

Gangsta walk was created in Memphis. Originated by the group G-Style who released the first Gangsta walk video ever titled “G-Style Gangsta" that consisted of Romeo, Wolf, and Hurricane, who went on to land a production deal with Dallas Austin behind the groups Boys to Men, Monica, Another Bad Creation and TLC to name a few. They went on to land a major record deal with P. Daddy’s Bad Boy entertainment and the first group to launch Bad Boy South. From the group success and their early video…

The Mystery of the slaying of The Notorious B.I.G “Every hustler knows you can’t hustle forever”. Christopher Wallace, or The Notorious B.I.G, was a Brooklyn based rapper who made Sean “Puffy” Combs and Bad Boy records a success. He was described as ‘“A mountain of a man , 6ft 3in, 280 lb, black as tar, with a W.C. Fields scowl and a lazy eye”’ (History). But Wallace’s life was short lived. He was shot at a red light in Los Angeles by an unknown shooter. Many people place the blame on the blood…

Since kindergarden, I have always struggled. Behind in most classes, the only friend I still had was Brandon, the boy who once saved me. Acting as a parental figure, I looked up to him for everything, depending on him for any problems I had. In fact, he was the one who taught me to listen to everyone 's problems. However, on March 3rd, 1995, an event occurred that scarred me for life. As school finished, I got ready to go to the park like I always did. I was already in 2nd grade, and was…

In the days where Donald Trump ran for president and the U.S. was in 18 trillion dollars of debt, there was a famous young pharmacologist who was reading through the doctor’s notes on his wife’s last medical checkup. The last statement written with fat ink read untreatable illness. As a producer of medicine himself, he studied for years and had no luck finding the correct treatment. As his wife began giving up on life, the pharmacologist went through series of depression and starting going mad.…

right, Percival noticed the shoulder opened up. Normally safety-conscious, Percival growled, “Fuck it!” hauled the wheel to his right, and flew off the highway. He took backstreets until he hit the hospital. Frantic, he pulled up right in front of the building and ran out of his car, not bothering to shut the door. Who cared if they towed him? He flew through the automatic sliding glass doors of the hospital and charged up to the security officer’s desk. “My husband’s here, I got a call, Dr.…

Christopher Wallace known as “Notorious B.I.G or even Biggie Smalls” by his many adoring fan. Biggie Smalls passed away on March 9th, 1997 after being shot multiple times. His death is still unsolved, and numerous of people do not understand how. Before he was shot he was leaving a music party event. He was riding in the passenger seat of a Chevrolet Suburban when another car pulled next to them and they had opened fire on the car. According to the autopsy report Biggie was shot a multiple of…

Reading was the first activity I have wholeheartedly enjoyed. I have spent countless days wanting to do nothing more than to lose myself in oceans of text. Reading had no downside for me. It wasn’t boring or too challenging; I was able to read whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. Reading was a freedom that I practiced avidly; for years teachers would praise my “mature and intellectual actions” as I hungrily hunted bookshelves for a new novel, but that all changed once I entered the seventh…

“Friendship, I suppose, comes at a price” Robert Louis Stevenson, Big World The road rushes past me as I stare down at the never-ending highway lines, listening to the Volkswagen’s engine threshing away behind us. Never thought that I’d be doing something that I’ll regret for the rest of my life, but here I am, a whole milestone away from my family, speeding down the highway before the sun rises, and as the sky turns a soft blue. I see the sun breaking the horizon as it shines its warmth down…

time in jail for selling drugs, Biggie made some demo recordings on a tape, which eventually reached Uptown Records producer Sean Combs. Combs signed Smalls immediately and they started making music together for Combs’s label Bad Boy Records. In 1994, Biggie came out with his first album titled Ready to Die. The album was incredibly successful and sold over four million copies. Several songs reached the top ten on the pop and R&B…