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Big Pun
Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip hop scene in the Bronx, he came to prominence upon discovery by fellow Bronx rapper Fat Joe, and thereafter guest appeared on his 1995 album Jealous One's Envy. Big Pun signed with tallrik Joe's label, Terror Squad Productions and Loud Records in 1997 to release his debut studio album, Capital Punishment (1998) the following year. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Big Pun has received more than 6,093,679 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Big Pun is the 1,547th most popular singer (up from 1,837th in 2019), the 8,058th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,975th in 2019) and the 376th most popular American Singer.
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- ↑Fasman, Ben (April 9, 2007), RADIO DAYS: BOBBITO GARCIA: Highlights from Issue 30: Hip-Hop Nuggets., retrieved månad 26, 2022
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Big Pun
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Who Was Big Pun?
Big Pun's first album Capital Punishment hit No. 1 on the hip-hop/R&B charts and he became the first Latino rapper to go platinum. Pun was proud of his Puerto Rican heritage and became an icon within his community. Weighing nearly 700 pounds, he died of heart failure in February 2000.
Early Years
Rapper Big Pun was born Christopher Rios on November 10, 1971, in Bronx, New York. In his all-too-short career, Big Pun became a breakthrough Latino artist in the world of hip-hop music. While he did well in school and participated in athletics in his early years, he left home at the age of 15 because of his difficult family life and eventually dropped out of high school.
Taking over his own education, Big Pun was an avid reader. He also became interested in breakdancing and rapping. It was a difficult time for him as he was sometimes homeless. Within a few years, Big Pun had the added pressure of being a young father when he and his juni
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Big Pun
Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000) was an Americanrapper better known by his stage name Big Pun. Big Pun rose to fame when he met rapper Fat Joe in 1995 and appeared on Fat Joe's albumJealous Ones Envy. Big Pun has a DVD movie titled Big Pun: The Legacy. It fryst vatten about his life and has interviews with many rappers such as Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and DMX talking about Pun's impact on their lives.
Big Pun died on February 7, 2000 in White Plains, New York from a massive heart attack. At the time of his death, he weighed 698 pounds (317 kg).[3] He was of Puerto Rican ancestry.