Not so easy big pun biography
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20 years on, Big Pun’s Capital Punishment continues to inspire a new generation of Bronx rappers
Original release date: 28 April, 1998
Label: Loud Records
About a month after Christopher Rios was born, a pivotal event occurred in the Bronx. For years, rival gangs mostly comprised of black and Latino members had made the uptown sections of New York City a veritable warzone, with groups like the Black Spades and the Ghetto Brothers territorially carving out blocks as their own and defending their turf vigorously. Sparked by the death of one of the leading peacekeepers of the time, 1971’s monumental Hoe Avenue Meeting gathered representatives from multiple factions to achieve a truce.
The reverberations from the Hoe Avenue Meeting loosened invisible borders and allowed for more free movement throughout the city. Barely two years later, former rivals were mingling to the sound of DJ Kool Herc’s prototypical turntablism. This was the world Big Pun grew up in.
The Bronx
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Big Pun Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
Big Pun didn’t get a chance to meet countless of his fans, and after 16 years, he is still celebrated. Others have gone to the extent of tattooing Big Pun’s name on their bodies. Besides his brief career, Big was a true father, an artist and out and out a friend. Looking back at his career, he was famously known as a Puerto-Rican American Rapper and a great actor. His debut album titled ‘Capital Punishment’ rose to number one in the Hip Hop and R&B category.
Early And Childhood Life
On 10th November 1971, Christopher Lee Rio was born in the Bronx, New York in the United States to Gail Tirado. Lee loved to play basketball and participated in boxing competitions. At his eighth grade, Big Pun met Liza; with whom she married in 1990.Together they had three children. Liza went to stay with Pun’s mother then Big moved to Miami to live with his great-grandmother. Life wasn’t easy in Miami that he ha
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Big Pun
Christopher Lee Rios (10 Kasım 1971 - 7 Şubat 2000), bilindiği sahne adıylaBig Pun (Big Punisher'ın kısa söylenişi), Amerikalı rapçi. Kompleks rap tekniğiyle öne çıkan sanatçı, About.com'un Çağımızın En İyi 50 MC'si listesinde 25. sırada yer alırken, The Source dergisinin Tüm Zamanların En İyi 50 Söz Yazarı listesinde 19. sırada yer aldı.[1]
Müzik yaşamı
[değiştir | kaynağı değiştir]Bronx, New York'ta dünyaya gelen sanatçı, 1980'lerin sonlarında rap yapmaya başladı.[2] Lyrical Assassin (Cuban Link), Joker Jamz ve Toom ile birlikte Full a Clips Crew grubunu kurdu. Bu dönemde Big Moon Dog adını kullanan sanatçı, sonraları Marvel karakteri Punisher'dan esinlenerek Big Punisher adını kullanmaya başladı.[3] 1995'te tanıştığı Fat Joe'nun Jealous One's Envy albümünde yer alan "Watch Out" şarkısıyla müzik piyasasına adım attı. 1997'de The Beatnuts'a eşlik ettiği "Off the Books" ile hip hop camiasında dikkatleri üzerine çekti. O yıl ke