Biggie Smalls Age, Birthday, Height, When He Was Young, Songs, Mom, Movie

Biggie Smalls was an American rapper and songwriter, also known as The Notorious B.I.G. or by his birth name, Christopher Wallace.

Biggie Smalls Age

If Biggie was still alive he would have been 50 years. He was only 24 years old when he died.

Biggie Smalls Birthday

Biggie was born on May 21, 1972.

Biggie Small Height

Biggie Smalls’s height was 6ft 3in (189 cm)

Biggie Small When He Was Young

Biggie grew up at 226 St. James Place in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill, near the border with Bedford-Stuyvesant. Raised Catholic, Wallace excelled at Queen of All Saints Middle School, winning several awards as an English student.

Biggie attended St Peter Claver Church in the borough. Biggie was nicknamed “Big” because he was overweight by the age of 10. Biggie claimed to have begun dealing drugs at about age 12. His mother, often at work, first learned of this during his adulthood.

Biggie began rapping as a teenager, entertaining people on the streets, and performed with local groups, the Old Gold Brothers as well as the Techniques.

Biggie Small Song

Biggie dropped his only full solo album alive, Ready to Die, in September 1994 and, per RIAA, it had already gone Gold by November 1994.

Biggie Small Mom

Biggies’ mother, Voletta Wallace, was a preschool teacher.

Biggie Small Movie

Biggie is back in the spotlight thanks to the powerful documentary Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell, which is available on Netflix.